AAAN Elects Ikechi Odigbo As President, Steve Babaeko As VP

Ikechi Odigbo 

Association of Advertising Agencies of Nigeria (AAAN) has elected the Managing Director of DDB Lagos, former Vice-President of AAAN, Ikechi Odigbo as the new President to take over the mantle of leadership from Kayode Oluwasona.
The election  which was one of the agenda during the 45th Annual General Meeting of the association held at Park Inn Radisson Blu Hotel, Abeokuta between July 19 and 22 also produced Mr Steve Babaeko, the Chief Executive Officer of X3M Ideas as the Vice President.

Though Ikechi Odigbo emerged as an unopposed candidate,  Babaeko contested with Mr Yomi Benson, the Chief Executive Officer of Culture Communications Limited.
Other members of the new executive elected to work with Ikechi Odigbo and Steve Babaeko are Jenkins Alumona, CEO, Strategic Outcomes- Public Relations Officer, Tope Jemerigbe, CEO DKK- Assistant Public Relations Officer and Wale Akintunde, the Chief Executive Officer of Marketing Communications Support Services Limited as Treasurer.

Steve Babaeko

The elected Ex-Offico are Feyi Olubodun, CEO Insight Publicis, Biodun Adefila SO&U, Onuora Moloku, Chief Operations Officer of Cosse TTL  Limited,  Dr Tunji Olugbodi of Verdant Zeal and the Chief Executive Officer of FCB DP Partnerships Limited, Chief Odun Fadoju.
A day before the election, it was at gathering of who is who in the entire marketing communications industry as the association discussed the theme :Growing The Economic Pot :The Role of Advertising with Mr John Momoh, the Chief Executive Officer of Channels Media Limited, ably represented by Mr Kingsley Uranta at the occasion.

Aftermath the very insightful presentation by Mr Uranta, a three man panel of discussants that were made up of Mr Phillip Isiakpa, the Publisher of Business AM newspaper, Mr Kelechi Nwosu of TBWA /Concept Limited and Mr Lanre Adisa of Noah’s Ark Communications Limited did justice to the theme.
Also prominent and highly informative part of the event was the ‘Evening With The Veterans’ programme which had a full house of attendees. It was a programme designed to be an interactive session between the first or second generation of successful players and new or contemporary generation of players in the industry.

The veterans who took the centre stage in the night were Sir Steve Omojafor of the STB and Rosabel Advertising fame, Mr Kolawole Ayanwale of Centrespread Grey, Mrs Bola Thomas of LTC/JWT fame and Mr Lolu Akinwunmi of Prima Garnet fame. It was a nite of testimony of success stories of how accounts were successfully conceptualised and implemented, how relationships were nurtured and sustained with brand owners and custodians and how partnerships were maintained and how succession failed and also succeeded in the industry.
It is noteworthy that all the programmes were seamlessly anchored by Mr Jenkins Alumona of Strategic Outcomes Limited.

July 22, 2018