Dotun Adekanmbi, one of Nigeria’s accomplished journalists and public relations specialists, celebrates his 60th birthday on June 18.
Dotun was born in Emure-Ekiti, Ekiti State, and trained in Ekiti, Ondo, Osun, and Lagos States. Today, he is celebrated globally as a creative public relations strategist.
He is a genial, committed, and perceptive professional who has been here and there and has garnered accolades serially.
Dotun, a former Editor of Business Times (Nigeria’s oldest business newspaper and a member of the Daily Times Group) and Business Editor of TheNEWS magazine, is an author and certified practitioner of public relations and advertising.
A 1984 graduate of English & Literary Studies of the University of Ife and holder of postgraduate degrees in Mass Communication of the University of Lagos and Lagos State University, Dotun is the author of the highly acclaimed The Will To Win: The Story of Biodun Shobanjo, the career biography of Nigeria’s No.1 and globally acknowledged advertising practitioner.
At various times he worked as an Information Officer in the Ministry of Information, Akure; Group Account Director at The Quadrant Company, Nigeria’s pioneer public relations consultancy, and Deputy Director, Corporate Communications at Industrial And General Insurance (IGI) Plc.
Professionally, he has managed media relations and issues/crisis communications in Nigeria and across West & East Africa for some of the world’s best-known brands in aviation; entertainment; technology; mobile telephony, and insurance. He has also effectively managed post-acquisition business communication/branding and cultural integration issues across various market jurisdictions in Africa. His key accounts included Nokia, LG Electronics, Emirates Airline, Virgin Nigeria, MTVAfrica, Econet (through to Vmobile) and IGI Plc.
In 2001, Dotun was adjudged winner of the ‘Investigative Journalist of the Year‘ award (Nigeria Media Merit Awards). He was elected Chairman of the Corporate Affairs Managers’ Committee of the Nigerian Insurers Association (CAMCONIA) in 2010.
He is an Associate of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR); the Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria (APCON) and the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE).
Dotun (www.dotunadekanmbi.com) is the Lead Consultant/Chief Executive of Strategic PRWox Ltd (www.strategicprwox.com), a firm of biographers, public relations, and print production specialists.
He can be reached at: +2347034751365; +2348120314481 / dotun@dotunadekanmbi.com / oladotun@strategicprwox.com
