
Yvonne EbbiCEO

Yvonne Ebbi is the Senior Consultant at The Etiquette Place – Corporate Finishing School changing the narrative in matters of Executive Intelligence, Work Ethics, Best Practice and Proper Public Conduct.
She is an Image /Personality Branding Consultant, Social Intelligence Expert, Executive Coach, author and award winning poet.
An affiliate of the Protocol University, Boston and a graduate of the Coaching Academy, UK, Yvonne has trained many executives in the art of savoir-faire and executive presentation.
She is a keynote speaker at National and International conference and has been a guest on many TV programmes including “Moments with Mo” and NN24's FLAIR series on political manners.

Ken EbbiFaculty

Kenneth Ebbi is a Corporate BRAND Consultant. A registered member of the Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria (APCON), he has garnered a wealth of knowledge and experience in the advertising industry spanning
over 15 years. This clearly distinguishes him in Corporate and Destination Brand Building, Personal Branding and Strategic Management.
Ken is highly sought after as an ideas bank and his creative competencies
have enabled him participate in research and brain storming sessions for
several top brands. The aptitude with which he creates and conceives rare
and outstanding concepts has brought him before Heads of States, Captains of Industries and Celebrities. An exclusive life coach, he is passionate about helping people build mental structures and systems and finding the right thought process and balance, to enable them unleash their full potentials.
A Graduate of University of Lagos, he is a Director at Living Hope International, an American based NGO and the co-organizer of the Stomp Project (Lagos, Accra, Johannesburg) featuring Kirk Franklin in 2001 and 2004.
A pioneer member of the Nigeria, Malaysia Business Council, Ken has been the Country Manager for MSP, a breakthrough technology in engine lubrication and protection from the USA.
His bouquet of African and international brands include Crown K & L, Malaysia; BUROTIME Office Furniture, Turkey; A-Z Petroleum Products Limited, Capital Oil and Primewaterview, Skye Bank, Nigerian Ropes Plc, Vitafoam amongst others.
Ken is currently making waves in the business world, creating a new crop of executives with his training modules on Personal and Corporate Branding.
His new project, "Brand or Bland" is aimed at building world-class brands
(Destination, services and persons) through a philosophy he calls “Connecting.the.dots...”

Dr. Lemmy OmoyinmiFaculty

DR. Lemmy is currently a Director with VISION Development Nigeria.
He is an African Regional Trainer for the international Trade Center (ITC), an initiative of UN, Geneva.
He holds higher degrees in Business Administration and Finance from the University of Ibadan. After fifteen years of lecturing Finance at the Federal polytechnic Ilaro, Lemmy joined the multidisciplinary faculty of the MBA Programme of Lagos State
University, where he taught security market Analysis, portfolio
management and Advanced Accounting Theory.
Lemmy was appointed as a Monitoring Consultant for the
development of a conditional cash transfer programme for the
Gbomoro Ante-Natal programme in Ogun state (an initiative of
the MDG office, the Presidency).

Dr. Joe EmesonFaculty

DR. JOE EMESON is a Career Banker and a Consultant. He holds a PhD in Public Policy and Administration and a Master Degree in Business Administration from
Saint Louis University and Oral Roberts University, respectively. Dr. Emeson has over 30 years of management experience in the academic, government and business sectors. His books, Essential Management Notes for Executive MBA; and Business And It's Environment: Understanding The Impact Of Environment On Business are considered seminal works in the academic and private sectors.
Joe is currently a Management and Financial Consultant with JMK CONSULTING. He was the Executive Director, Sales and Marketing at Vitamalt Plc. between 2002 and 2003. Between 1994 and 2002, Dr. Emeson was the Executive Director of Operations at EMIS Telecoms, a private indigenous telecommunication network operator. Dr. Emeson was a General Manger at Fidelity Bank Plc. and a founding member of its Executive Management team between 1988 and 1993.
At various times, he had responsibilities for Capital Market activities, Treasury Management, Corporate Finance, Portfolio Management, Investment Banking and Management Services.
Before joining Fidelity Bank Plc, Dr. Emeson was the Special Adviser to the Hon. Minister of Finance and later Minister of National Planning, Federal Government of Nigeria between 1985 and 1987. In this capacity, he was instrumental in helping to chart the Federal Government's economic policies and Development Strategies. He has attended numerous international conferences that include IMF/World bank and African Development Bank conferences.
Dr. Emeson has great strength in Business Organization, Strategic Planning,
Negotiation, Portfolio Management and Capital Market Activities. He participated actively in the development of Fidelity Bank Plc from its inception in 1988, having been very instrumental in the founding.
He also has taught Government-Business Relations, Industrial Relations, Administrative Theory and Negotiation Skills for the Executive MBA Degree
Program at ESUT Business School in Lagos. His past teaching experiences were at Harris Stowe College, St. Lois, Missouri, University of Houston, (Downtown College) Houston, Texas, USA and the University of Nigeria, Enugu, Nigeria.

Comfort ColemanFaculty

Comfort Coleman
Comfort is certified by inscape publishing international as an Everything DISC Facilitator to deliver the full portfolio of DISC-based tools and has requisite knowledge to deliver the unique training and development programmes supporting the training function.
Comfort has a Masters in Managerial Psychology from the University of Lagos and a combined degree in Psychology, sociology, and mass communication. As the Chief Operating Officer of a consulting and training organization, she learned work place performance and consulting first hand, a factor quite instrumental in helping to update the progress of HR initiative and impact on company strategies.
Comfort is a certified ethics officer, Human Resource specialist and a culture change specialist who has knowledge and vast experience in communications, journalism and Broadcasting. She was a Stringer for the Voice of America (VOA) English to Africa service and is a member of NIPR, SHRM and CIPM.

Dr. Dahiru SaniFaculty

Dr. Dahiru Sani
Dahiru is the Director General of the reputable Kaduna Business School. He holds a Ph.D. in Finance from the Swiss Management University/Universidad Central de Nicaragua. He obtained an
MBA and Bachelors from the famous Ahmadu Bello Univesity in Nigeria and attended series of development programmes at the Harvard Business School, Massachusetts Institute of TECHNOLOGY, and the Ohio state University.
A seasoned Management Consultant and an international Finance Corporation (IFC) certified trainer with extensive experience in both public and private sectors. Over the past two decades, Dahiru has acquired experience ranging from, human resource development, strategy development and coordination of academic and executive development
programmes, public private dialogue, performance monitoring, management accounting, banking and finance, development research, bus ines s development, Entrepreneurship and Youth Empowerment. He is currently developing a framework for standardizing the delivery of business development service to SMEs in Nigeria in conjunction with World Bank

Christine EdetFaculty

Christine Edet
“...Small courtesies sweeten life..."
Christine's personal journey into Life, Style and Etiquette Consulting derives from a deep sense of commitment to the abiding influence a person can generate by simply being courteous.
Her involvement with Etiquette and Impression Management began in 2005, and she has been associated with The Etiquette Place since its launch.
Specifically, she provides coaching in Personal/Corporate Etiquette and
Communication. For a couple of years now, Christine has provided training in Personal Deportment, Etiquette and Poise to aspiring Calabar Carnival Queens. You can imagine how thrilled she was when participants remembered her input as one of the most significant aspects of Camp.
Christine has degrees in Biochemistry from University of Calabar, as well as Environment Resource Management from University of Waterloo, Canada. She's a Ford Foundation Scholar.
As a trainer and facilitator of sixteen years cognate experience, it is her delight to transfer knowledge and skills that empower and transform individuals. She divides her time between Etiquette Consulting and designing solutions for improving work flow processes, and for developing healthy communication patterns in the work place.
Christine enjoys the process of training upcoming professionals to act with refinement, due propriety, and sophistication to enable them display “savoir faire” (the appropriate behaviour in social situations)... in addition to facilitating the development of finesse and comportment - tools necessary for making a great first impression.

Chantel Ngozi CaulcrickFaculty

Chantele Ngozi Caulcrick
Chantele was trained and internationally certified by the Protocol School of Washington, the leader in Business Etiquette, Executive presence, Business Dining skills and Finishing Techniques.
As a Business image coach, she is a much sought after speaker, trainer and facilitator in the areas of Business Etiquette, protocol, Executive Presence, Dining skills, Customer Courtesies and Finishing Techniques for both corporate and individual clients. She attended Adams professional modeling and Finishing School, in Haslet Michigan where she was trained in the art of grooming, refining and polishing the image of ladies and gentlemen. In 2002, she set up a consultancy- COURTNEY INGLIS CONSULTING, to impact the much needed Etiquette & Protocol skills to corporate executives, professionals and individuals.

Clara ObazeleFaculty

Clara Obazele
Clara Obazele (JP) is a professional Lecturer and Facilitator of English speech sounds: Elocution and Public speaking. She is a seasoned broadcaster with years of experience and has functioned as a Principal Lecturer in the national Training and Manpower Development faculty of the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FCRN).
She was the Managing Editor of the Federal Ministry of Women Affairs, Abuja and she conceptualised and edited the project- "The Nigerian Women" magazine. She was the presenter of the programs "Women, the Move" and "Family Q Time" on NTA Abuja.
Clara holds an M. A. Degree (Systematic Theology), She has a B.A. Degree in English Language, PGD, and she read Mass Communication at the University of Lagos. She is a member of Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (MNIPR) and Nigeria Institute of Management (MNIM). She has also attended a number of short and Long-term courses in Nigeria and abroad.
Clara Obazele was the Chief Public Relation/Chief Information Officer (C.I.O) of the National Commission for Women, now Federal Ministry of Women Affairs and Youth Development and Until recently, she was a Senior Manager and the Dean, School of Communication Department at Poise Nig- A finishing school in Lagos.
Presently, Clara facilitates/lectures at the School of Media & Communication, LBS- the Pan Atlantic University, Victoria Island, Lagos. She is also a lecturer of "Communications Skills" at the Nigerian Institute of Journalism (NIJ), Lagos.

fatima Usman KatsinaFaculty

Fatima Usman Katsina.jpgt
qualified specialist in special project Management in development and adverse environments, she has developed over the past eight years an expertise in the development of project identification and clarification, solution development and fund raising. Most of her assignments were dedicated to solution design and organizational set-up in order to first assess and answer complex project problems. At present, she is the special adviser on projects addressing Government needs. She has also designed solutions for major corporate companies across the globe.
Fatima has worked as Business Development Consultant in BPSS International, Paris, France. She has served as a consultant with union capital group, Geneva.

Chukwudi Okoli-UgbajaFaculty

Chukwudi Okoli-Ugbaja
A broadcaster spanning 26 years and a 1984 graduate of Linguistics from the University of Benin. He is an all rounder broadcaster, an English phonetics' and public speaking expert with appropriate grounding in grammar. Mr Okoli is a man of ideas who aims to achieve the best in all he undertakes. He is currently engaged in the development of a project that will serve as a compass for learners of spoken English who have African Language background.