Management

Led by dynamic and creative business leaders with combine managerial experience of 35+ years in everything spanning from media, finance, oil and gas, technology and outdoor; E-motion Advertising has seen rapid growth and is leading industry innovation in ways never seen before.

In five years, E-motion has demonstrated unique capability in developing and managing turnkey out-of-home opportunities for top-30 Nigerian businesses and have always exceeded client expectations.

Her management's visionary foresight has seen to it that E-motion is assured of the future by developing world-class online properties to help her secure her place as leading media business with tentacles in both the old and the new.

The ultimate goal of the youthful and vibrant management team is to build leading-edge businesses that tap into the resourcefulness of the local economy but serving a global clientele in the broad media arena.

Sim Shagaya (MD/CEO)
Sim has over 11 years experience in New Media and Investment Banking and has worked with leaders such as MicroStrategy, Lucent Technologies and Real Networks. Sim also served as the Africa lead for the search and internet advertising leader - Google Inc. Prior to this, he was the West African Principal for Rand Merchant Bank. Sim is a graduate of George Washington University, Dartmouth College and holds an MBA from Harvard Business School. He is a member of the Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria.

Babs Fagade (General Manager)
Babs work experience of over 14 years cuts across banking, manufacturing, advertising agencies and media companies. He has worked with the two pioneer advertising companies in Nigeria, Lowe Lintas and Afromedia Plc where he developed great passion for Outdoor advertising. In addition, he served as the Chief Operating Officer for Afromedia Gambia Limited.

He is a graduate of Marketing and holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Advertising and Public Relations. Also alumni of the London Business School, U.K

A Toast Master with Toast Masters International and member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing U.K (CIM), as well as a Registered Practitioner of Advertising with the Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria (APCON).

He is highly visible in the marketing communications industry with his self-published Nigeria’s premier journal on Out-of-Home advertising; “Outdoor Republic’’ since 2007.

Adeyemi Adesanya (Head of Sales)
Yemi is a graduate of Federal University of Technology Akure and an alumnus of the University of Lagos. He has vast experience in Sales, Marketing, Advertising and Business Development with particular focus on Out of Home Media and Experiential Marketing.

He has worked with major telecommunications companies, banks and outdoor advertising agencies at various managerial levels. He was trained as a marketing professional in Optimum Exposures Limited where he rose to the position of Head Marketing and Client service before he joined E-motion Advertising Ltd.

He has attended seminars and conferences on Advertising, Brand management, Sales, Marketing and Marketing Communication. He has undergone a plethora of management training programmes and is respected in the OOH industry as a sound practitioner.

Yemi is a member of Chartered Institute of Marketing UK (CIM), National Institute of Marketing Nigeria(NIMN), Nigeria Institute of Management (NIM) and Advertising Practitioner Council of Nigeria (APCON).

Omoniyi Osunsanya (Head of Finance & Admin)
Niyi has over 14 years experience spanning Telecommunications, Insurance & Reinsurance, Stockbroking and Investment management. His work experience cut across Finance & Accounts, Research & Strategy, equity trading (on the Nigerian Stock Exchange) and has managed investment assets over N3 billion as investment manager.

His previous employments include Westex Motors Nig Ltd, Integrated Wireless Technologies, Custodian and Allied Insurance Plc, Continental Reinsurance Plc and Skye Stockbrokers Limited, a subsidiary of Skye Bank Plc.

Niyi graduated from Olabisi Onabanjo University with a degree in Accounting (Second Class Upper) and obtained his Master degree in Investments (with Distinction) from University of Birmingham United Kingdom. He is a member of both the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) and Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers (CIS).

Rotimi Ajala (Head of Project Planning & Execution)
Rotimi is a seasoned and certified Project and Facility Manager. He is a member of the Nigerian Society of Engineers. Rotimi has years of experience conceptualizing, designing and supervising the biggest billboard structures in Nigeria. He has managed and deployed numerous out-of-home structures while with Optimum Exposures Ltd (Troyka holdings).

Rotimi has worked with Foundation Construction, Trevi Foundations Nigeria Ltd, Groundmast Associates, Harrods Construction, Eldorado Nigeria, Arabella, Niyod Group, Brunelli Nigeria Ltd, Mak & Mak Nig. Ltd, Morgan Omonitan & Abe (MO&A) and Ove Arup on various projects.

He brings valuable competence on structural and Turnkey project as well as assuring highest safety and protection of capital investments.

Yakubu Mohammed (Head of Regulatory Affairs & Business Development)
Yakubu studied Economics at The University of Maiduguri. He has 7 years experience in the downstream Oil and Gas sector of the Nigerian Economy. He’s vast experience in oil & gas, financial services affords him a depth of business development/conceptualization capabilities. Yakubu has worked at the African International Bank (AIB), MRS Oil and Gas and TriQuest Energy Ltd.

He is an associate member of Institute of Chartered Economists of Nigeria (ICEN) and Nigerian Institute of Management (NIM) and also an associate member of the Nigerian Economic Society (NES).