Omoboyede Olusanya is currently the Chief Executive Officer, Group MD & Director at Flour Mills Nigeria Plc. He is also the Chief Executive Officer & Director at Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc, Chairman at Axxela Ltd., and Director at The Nigerian Economic Summit Group. Previously, he served as the Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director at Emerging Markets Telecommunication Services Ltd.
from 2017 to 2018.
He was also a Director at OVH Energy Ltd., Starsight Power Utility Ltd., and Axxela. Additionally, he worked as the Chief Business Transformation Officer at Dangote Group Ltd.
from 2013 to 2016.
Mr. Olusanya holds a graduate degree from The University of Manchester and The University of Liverpool, as well as an undergraduate degree from the University of Lagos.
Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc(referred to as “Flour Mills” or “FMN”), Nigeria’s leading integrated food business and Agro-allied group, owners of the iconic brand – ‘Golden Penny’, today announced the appointment of Mr. Omoboyede Olusanya as its new Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, effective 1st January 2021.
Mr. Olusanya who joined FMN in January 2020 as Group Chief Operating Officer has been a core member of the executive management team. He was admitted to the Board of Directors since July 2020 and will take over from Mr. Paul Gbededo, who is retiring after 38 years of meritorious service to the Group.
Omoboyede Oyebolanle Olusanya (Boye), is both an engineer and a computer scientist by training. He graduated with Honours from the University of Lagos, as an engineer and furthered his career at masters’ level at the Universities of Liverpool and Manchester, England where he obtained his M.Sc. Computer Science and M.Sc. Environmental Civil Engineering respectively. Boye has also attended several management programs at the Harvard, London and Lagos Business Schools.
He is a member of the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE), Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN), Institute of Directors (IOD) and Institute of Highway and Transportation, UK (IHT).
Mr. Olusanya, a success driven leader with strong business acumen and adept risk management skills, began his career over three decades ago as an Engineer with OveArup and Partners (a global design consultancy firm). Within this period, he hasserved in several progressive roles of increasing responsibilities across various industries including Structural Engineering, Information Technology, FMCG and Telecommunications.
Prior to his new appointment he has over the past two decades held several executive positions in various industries most recently as the Group Operating Partner at Helios Investment Partners (a global private equity firm), where he managed diverse investment portfolios. Chief Executive Officer of Emerging Markets Telecommunication Service Limited (formerly Etisalat), where he anchored the sale process for 9mobile which he saw to completion. Partner at GA Capital Ltd (2016), a consulting and advisory firm providing technical and financial advisory services to several privately-owned businesses and government parastatals. Chief Transformation Officer at Dangote Industries Limited. Managing Director of Dancom Technologies, Acting CEO, VEE Networks limited formerly ECONET Wireless where he successfully managed the transition of the company to a new brand.
