{"id":69052,"date":"2023-02-06T12:12:20","date_gmt":"2023-02-06T12:12:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legal500.com\/events\/?post_type=event_report&p=69052"},"modified":"2023-02-06T12:19:36","modified_gmt":"2023-02-06T12:19:36","slug":"gc-summit-nigeria-2023","status":"publish","type":"event_report","link":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/report\/gc-summit-nigeria-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"GC Summit Nigeria 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Summit started with\u00a0lunch, in association with Dentons ACAS Law Firm<\/span>, and then wi<\/span>th a fully packed room of\u00a0GCs in attendance<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>kicking off the Summit\u00a0<\/span>was keynote speaker\u00a0<\/span>Professor Joseph Nnanna<\/span>, Chief Economist at the Development Bank of Nigeria\u00a0<\/span>with a\u00a0<\/span>detailed\u00a0<\/span>address<\/span>\u00a0on the\u00a0<\/span>economic market conditions facing\u00a0<\/span>West Africa<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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This was followed by our first panel discussion with an overview of data protection best practice, led by All<\/span>iance Law Firm<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>and moderated by Uche Val Obi SAN, founding principal and managing partner at the Firm. He was joined by esteemed\u00a0<\/span>panellists<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>Dr. Bharat Soni, chief information security officer at\u00a0<\/span>GTBank<\/span>, Oluwatoyin\u00a0<\/span>Araromi<\/span>, head compliance & ethics at MTN Nigeria and Abisola\u00a0<\/span>Epoyun<\/span>, senior legal officer at\u00a0<\/span>Flutterwave<\/span>.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Our second panel was led by Similoluwa\u00a0<\/span>Oyelude<\/span>, Partner at\u00a0<\/span>G.Elias<\/span>\u00a0and looked at the two hats worn by an employee director that raises\u00a0<\/span>a number of<\/span>\u00a0issues such as containment, protection, ethics and criminal exposure.\u00a0<\/span>Her panel consisted of\u00a0<\/span>Fidelis Adewole and Okechukwu Okoro, partners at\u00a0<\/span>G.Elias<\/span>, as well as\u00a0<\/span>Ayotola<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Jagun<\/span>, chief compliance officer and company secretary at Oando PLC and Temitayo Adegoke, chief legal officer and company secretary at Sterling Bank<\/span>.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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After a short\u00a0<\/span>coffee<\/span>\u00a0break our final panel discussion focused on the very important issue of\u00a0<\/span>navigating the\u00a0<\/span>ESG<\/span>\u00a0landscape<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span>The session looked at the increasing need for general counsel to tackle ESG and sustainability as part of their role and the ever-important part of it being integrated into a\u00a0<\/span>firms\u2019<\/span>\u00a0business model. The panel was led by\u00a0<\/span>Enobong<\/span>\u00a0Shittu, senior associate at Olajide Oyewole LLP (A member of DLA Piper Africa) and featured\u00a0<\/span>Akeem Adekunbi, senior legal manager at BUA Group,\u00a0<\/span>Mayowa\u00a0<\/span>Arokodare<\/span>, senior legal counsel HR & Regulatory at Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company and Irene Robinson-<\/span>Ayanwale<\/span>, general counsel and divisional head business support services at Nigerian Exchange Limited.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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As always, a huge\u00a0thank you to our event partners<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>for all their help in putting\u00a0<\/span>together such a fantastic event, as well as everyone\u00a0<\/span>in attendance<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span>We look forward to our next event in\u00a0<\/span>West Africa<\/span>.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":69492,"template":"","class_list":["post-69052","event_report","type-event_report","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_report\/69052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_report"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/event_report"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_report\/69052\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}