I am a 1995 English graduate from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management. In 2016 I obtained a certification in entrepreneurship management from the Enterprise Development Center of the Pan African University (Lagos Business School).
With over 25 years of postgraduate experience as a human resource professional with various organizations, one of which is Global Plus Publishing Ltd, as the group human resource manager. The company grew to birth 3 other subsidiaries—Kobis Restaurant (a quick service restaurant with multiple outlets in Lagos) and Quartz Digital (a CD replication company)—with a total of about 250 staff members under my purview.
After 18 years of a thriving career as a human resources generalist, in 2019, the vision to set up a human resource management company to support SMEs with the management of their human resources needs as an external consultant was conceived. So far, Qualis Business Support Services has supported over 25 SMEs in organizational restructuring, selection & recruitment, training & development, and staff outsourcing. We supported Fidelity Bank plc with training for small business owners and subsequent seed capital of N500,000 to 10 successful entrepreneurs as part of their Corporate Social Responsibility programmed tagged “SME Challenge” in year 2020.
I am also a faculty member at Rome Business School Nigeria, where I teach Managing Human Resources in Small Business to students who are pursuing master’s degrees in international human resource management, and it has been an interesting journey.