EXECUTIVES

Pharmacologist | Educationist | Consultant

Dr Aderonke Jana Tomori (aka "The Dame") is the current Chairperson of the Group.

She is a seasoned Educationist and Youth Work Community Leadership Expert with over 30 years of international professional experience.

Dr Tomori's career in education took off in the 1980s as a Lagos State Government College French Teacher. This and various community engagements with the then Lagos State Government Education Board contributed to, and informed her passionate investments in the reorientation of mindsets for a greater nation. She has since then developed her skills in this chosen field both academically and professionally.

Dame has since worked in diverse settings including Oxford Cambridge Research (OCR) as a Certified Chartered Assessor, Lecturer, and Contractual External Moderator. She is also the Director of Studies at an institution in the UK.  

Dr Tomori continues to passionately implement initiatives towards alleviating the plights of women, supporting gender equality in politics, and leadership in health and education. She sits on Boards of Organisations (governmental & private) in the UK, Ireland, the United States of America (USA) and Ghana. She also serves as Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Dr Tomori successfully leads various consultancy teams within the UK, Nigeria, France, and the US, proactively addressing matters of concern to Nigerians in the Diaspora. 

She also liaises with such organisations as "Association Internationale Des Etudiants en Sciences Economiques et Commerciales (AISEC)", "Ambassador for Peace", and the Open Society Foundation, to mention a few. 

In 2007, as a firm believer in sector-led growth, Dr Tomori submitted the "Technical and Vocational Education and Training" prototype used in some Nigerian States to date. 

Dame consults to promote collaborative liaison between Further Education (FE) and Higher Education (HE) institutions in the U.K.  

As a Pharmacology student and Academic Year Representative, Dr Tomori joined the team that:

*  Carried out further clinical investigations to re-establish the contraindications of grapefruit juice and some High Blood Pressure medications. 

*  Academically contributed to UK pain management programme which informed the review of Britain’s then 30-year-old cannabis laws.  

Dr Tomori is one of the pioneering committee members who invested in and successfully delivered the debut Nigerians in Diaspora Investment Summit (NDIS) in 2018. 

Dame is an established trilingual Social Scientist with published research papers, including "The Nature of Science and How the Subject is Represented in the National Curriculum and Taught in Schools" | 2010 | UK.

She is blessed with many children and grandchildren.

Businessman

Administrative Manager | Patient Pathway Expert

Princess Adebanke Haastrup is from a Royal Family in Ilesha, Osun State, Nigeria.  

She has a BSc (Hons) and a Diploma in Housing Management. Banke has diverse experience within the Housing, Health and Social Care sectors. 

Banke has garnered skills and hands-on expertise from various settings including the National Health Service (NHS), Southwark Council, Kings' College Hospital, Primary Care Services, and Great Ormond Street Hospital. 

Princess Haastrup currently provides support by overseeing the overall administrative section of an NHS department by managing the day-to-day functions of its non-clinical services.

Banke is also an NHS Volunteer Responder, supporting vulnerable people in the community.

She has attended various leadership and management courses. 

Banke enjoys listening to music, travelling and socialising.

Manager, Housing and Estate Management

Sabdat Ibn-Ibrahim aka “Madam Sabi” has 21 years of experience in Housing and Tenancy Management, where she is heavily involved with tenants, arrears details, succession and assignment. 

She also has experience working alongside British Members of Parliament (MPs), Ward Counsellors and Neighbourhood Police Officers. 

In the last three years, she has been involved as a Project Manager with the regeneration of property. This has involved the building of modern homes, working with contractors and the community, and consultation with residents.

With this comes many interpersonal skills where she liaises with residents, stakeholders, architects and multiagency groups for the safety of the community, and to ensure that residents can move to more permanent homes.

This also comes with the management of people within the community on a day-to-day basis. Furthermore, she is experienced with spreadsheet and database skills such as Microsoft Excel, ensuring that GDPR practices are followed to the regulators’ requirements.

Sabi is devoted to causes which help those in need, and to promote better living throughout the world. 

She is the current President of the Ogori Descendants Union, an organisation which is committed to helping vulnerable and less privileged people. She is also the Woman Leader for Kogi UK, which sees to the affairs of Kogi indigenes in the diaspora.

Madam Sabi is a Special Adviser to the Executive Nurses’ Action Committee (ENAC) which supports Age Concern UK. This organisation creates projects for consideration for selection every year to support and donate to those in need both in the UK and Nigeria.

Sabi is also the Financial Secretary to Healthcare Essentials of the Disadvantaged Foundation (HCEDF). They employ carers to help older people to live independently in their own homes.

She loves travelling, socialising and drinking tea!

Biomedical Scientist | Hub Manager NHS

Stephen is a Biomedical Scientist and a prolific and insightful socio-economic writer. He has an MSc in Biomedical science and is a fellow of the UK Institute of Biomedical Sciences. Stephen is from Igbodo in Ika North-East local government of Delta state, Nigeria.

Stephen is a seasoned Manager and Trainer with experience of delivering change, improving services and quality. Stephen has attended the NHS leadership academy and is currently the Network Technical Lead for Haematology at the Pathology Network of Hampshire NHS Hospitals. 

His immediate responsibility is to deliver quality Haematology services with limited resources across the network that handles some 3,000 samples daily. Stephen represents his department in internal and external service committees. He once served on the Inter-Hospital Committee for co-terminus Biomedical Science degree at Surrey University.

His ability to thwart division and promote cohesion has endeared him to many a colleague. 

Stephen is passionate about electoral system reforms - which he has published a book on, - Police reform and marketisation of Agriculture.