Tom Associates appoints Temitope Jegede as CEO

Tom Associates Training, a leading training firm, has appointed Temitope Jegede as its new chief executive officer (CEO).

In a statement on Saturday, the organisation said Jegede will take over from Abiodun Toki, the firm’s founder and chief consultant, who will take a new role as the chairman after three decades of remarkable leadership.

The firm noted that the rejig is “aimed at repositioning to meet contemporary business challenges, key management changes.”

“Temitope Jegede, the new man on the driver’s seat, is expected to hit the ground running in the task of leading the company to assert its leadership position in the industry and take a bigger share of the market,” the company said.

“The new CEO will be leading his team to compete in a market that is now driven by information technology and the digital media and in a business world that has since become a global business village.

“In this new task, the new CEO will be assisted by such competent professionals as the firm’s Chief Operating Officer, COO, the General Manager and their excellent team.”

Prior to his appointment as CEO, Jegede was the senior management and leadership consultant at Tom Associates Training.

He holds a bachelor of science (BSc). degree in political science and economics from Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, and a post graduate diploma in manpower economics from the University of Lagos.

Jegede also holds a master of arts (M.A) degree in international law and legal studies from the University of Lagos.

He later obtained a second post graduate diploma in transformational leadership from the Institute for National Transformation.

Tom Associates a limited liability company incorporated in February 1992 as a training centre is accredited by Centre for Management Development (CMD), Industrial Training Fund (ITF), Nigerian Institute of Training and Development (NITAD) and Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR).