Motola Oyebanjo

Motola Oyebanjo is an award-winning Communications and Public Relations professional. She was listed in the inaugural PR Power List by The GuardianNigeria in 2022, the Top 50 Career Women list by Leading Ladies Africa and in the 100 Leading Women of 2021 List by Nigerian Women Annual among others.

Motola has been the image maker for several top-tier organizations across
Africa, the Middle East, UK and beyond. She holds an MBA Degree in Media Leadership from the University of Cumbria UK, a B.Sc. Degree in Economics
from the Obafemi Awolowo University Nigeria, a professional certificate in
Project Management from the Association for Project Management UK and a professional  certificate in Sustainable Business Strategies from Harvard Business School, USA.

Most recently, Motola was Head, Corporate Affairs and Communications, Africa, Middle East, Turkey & Israel at
Upfield; the largest plant-based consumer products company in the world. Prior to this, she served as Head
Corporate Communications for Lafarge Africa, Head Strategic Communications and Media for Union Bank of Nigeria, Client Service Director for AerialView Communications, Head Corporate Communications for the British Council, and Internal Communications Manager for Unilever Nigeria.

As an entrepreneur, Motola is a partner in ‘Ethnic Attitude’, an African-inspired art, fashion, and culture enterprise
headquartered in Dubai, UAE, and in ‘Aerial View’, an award winning, Marketing Communications firm. As a Communication Consultant, she has handled projects for organizations including the World Bank GEMS Project,
the Australian Trade Commission, the United Kingdom Education Advisory Service, the Lagos State Government Nigeria, KIA, NISSAN, International Breweries, and several international Universities.

Motola is known as a strong promoter of African development and a champion for gender equality. In 2018, she
co-founded When Women Win, an initiative which equips women on the African continent to thrive in their careers, businesses, and lives. A second initiative, The School of Life, aims to provide access to the knowledge, skills, and opportunities that Africans, especially youths, need to succeed at work and in life.