Lafarge Africa executive to represent Nigeria at World Business Angels
Lafarge Africa executive to represent Nigeria at World Business Angels
Folashade Ambrose-Medebem, Lafarge Africas Executive to represent Nigeria at WBAF
The World Business Angels Investment Forum (WBAF), an affiliated partner of the G20 Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion (GPFI), that aims to ease access to finance, promote financial inclusion, and create more jobs has appointed Lafarge Africa’s Director, Communications, Public Affairs & Sustainable Development, Folashade Ambrose-Medebem to serve as a Senator representing Nigeria.
According to a statement by Lafarge,WBAF under the leadership of its Chairman, Baybars Altuntas, welcomes the appointment as Folashade Ambrose-Medebem will once again distinguish herself in the pursuit of the organisation’s commitment to collaborate globally in order to empower startups, entrepreneurs and SMEs and to promote gender equality and women’s participation in all sectors of the world economy.
Speaking on her appointment, Folashade Ambrose-Medebem said: “I am extremely delighted at this great opportunity to serve with a great sense of national pride. My focus will be to drive for veritable representation that positively impacts gender equality in the corporate business world and also support local investors access to the global angels market,’’ she said.
Folashade who now joins as the second Nigerian Senator at the Grand Assembly of the World Business Angels Investment Forum will in her role encourage and initiate collaboration between WBAF and key stakeholders in Nigeria’s entrepreneurship ecosystem.
Folashade is a multifaceted international leader with over two decades experience spanning across strategy and performance management, finance, business culture transformation, change, sustainability and corporate affairs. She was appointed Director of Communications, in 2016.