Veuve Clicquot is proud to current the distinguished panel of jurors for the 2025 Veuve Clicquot Daring Girl Award Nigeria — a prestigious accolade that celebrates trailblazing ladies redefining entrepreneurship and innovation. Impressed by the audacious legacy of Madame Clicquot, who in 1805 defied conference to guide the Home, the award honors ladies who embody braveness, imaginative and prescient, and management.
This yr’s jury represents a few of the most completed minds throughout various industries, rigorously chosen for his or her potential to judge, mentor, and have fun daring ladies entrepreneurs. Their mixed experience and various views have formed the shortlist of finalists to be unveiled in simply two days — a strong testomony to the transformative function of Nigerian ladies in enterprise and society.
THE JUDGES
Funmi Omo: Managing Director & CEO, Prudential Zenith Life Insurance coverage
Funmi Omo is a visionary insurance coverage chief and philanthropist with over 30 years of govt expertise. As MD/CEO of Prudential Zenith Life, she champions customer-focused improvements and inclusive digital options, constructing on management roles at Enterprise Life Assurance and African Alliance Plc, the place she pioneered merchandise reminiscent of microinsurance and annuities. Founding father of the Funmi Omo Initiative, she has been acknowledged amongst Africa’s 100 Most Influential Girls CEOs and High 50 Girls in Insurance coverage for her influence on the trade and her advocacy for ladies.
A daring lady is daring within the pursuit of her imaginative and prescient, a changer of the established order, and a drive that evokes others within the course of. Boldness, from my expertise as a frontrunner in Nigeria’s insurance coverage trade, will not be a lot about breaking partitions as constructing bridges for generations of girls leaders. – Funmi Omo
Lola Ekugo: CEO, Afriborder
Lola Aworanti-Ekugo is a tech govt, strategist, and entrepreneur with practically 20 years of expertise main digital transformation throughout Africa and Europe. As CEO of Afriborder and Chief Digital Officer at FBNQuest, and founding father of Transthat.com and WorldZar Applied sciences, she has pioneered innovation in each company and entrepreneurial areas. An writer and advocate for ladies in tech, she has been acknowledged by Imperial Faculty London, Girls Tech Community, and Fintech Africa.
In my very own phrases a daring lady is a lady who will not be afraid to defy the percentages, a lady who sees the doable in inconceivable, and a lady who’s dynamic. – Lola Ekugo
Yemi Keri: CEO, Heckerbella Restricted
Yemi Keri is a know-how chief and entrepreneur with over 20 years of expertise in IT, telecoms, and digital transformation throughout Africa. As CEO of Heckerbella Restricted and co-founder of Rising Tide Africa, she drives innovation whereas championing ladies in tech and early-stage investing. She has held senior roles at SAP Africa and the Edo State Directorate of ICT, and was named Nigeria’s Most Excellent Public Sector CIO.
A daring lady is one which is ready to take that subsequent step, even with out understanding the result of her subsequent step. –Yemi Keri
Dr. Nkiru Olumide Ojo: Company Government and Founder LightHouseNetwork
Dr. Nkiru Olumide Ojo is a company communications and advertising and marketing chief with over 20 years of expertise throughout monetary companies, aviation, telecoms, and oil & fuel. She leads advertising and marketing and communications for Commonplace Financial institution Group in South & Central Africa and is the founding father of the LightHouse Girls’s Community, a mentorship platform born from her influential “Stress Cooker” column and e book. Acknowledged with awards together with Advertising and marketing Character of the 12 months, she is a sought-after speaker and writer who continues to encourage ladies throughout Africa to guide with braveness and influence.
A daring lady is somebody who’s championing brave creativity. It appears like holding on to creativity even when the setting is difficult and doing it with quite a lot of vitality. – Dr. Nkiru Olumide Ojo
Niyi Adenubi: Government Director, VFD Group Plc
Niyi Adenubi is a Nigerian financier and strategist with experience in funding, capital markets, and company development. As Government Director, Industrial at VFD Group Plc, he has helped form the agency into a number one funding firm with pursuits in fintech, asset administration, actual property, and banking. He additionally serves as Vice Chairman of VFD Group and Chairman of Anchoria Asset Administration, whereas championing innovation, monetary inclusion, and youth mentorship by means of platforms such because the Legacy Artwork Basis.
A daring lady is a lady who’s formidable, has grace and is outcome oriented. I feel ladies can present up boldly within the trade by being targeted on the outcomes. – Niyi Adenubi
Osato Evbuomwan: Advertising and marketing Director, Moët Hennessy Nigeria
Osato Evbuomwan is a advertising and marketing govt with over 15 years of expertise shaping development for international and African manufacturers. As Advertising and marketing Director at Moët Hennessy Nigeria, she leads premium spirits and reserve manufacturers, delivering culturally resonant campaigns that join with shoppers. Beforehand with Unilever Nigeria, the place she spearheaded initiatives like Lifebuoy’s Assist a Baby Attain 5 marketing campaign, Osato can be a mentor captivated with growing the subsequent technology of entrepreneurs throughout Africa.
A daring lady is assured, brave, unafraid to take dangers, unafraid to precise her opinions regardless of challenges and societal expectations. – Osato Evbuomwan
A Jury of Visionaries Shaping Daring Futures
These six distinctive jurors have introduced a wealth of experience, mentorship, and perception to the adjudication course of, guaranteeing that solely probably the most audacious and impactful ladies rise to the forefront. Their collective imaginative and prescient displays not simply Veuve Clicquot’s dedication to celebrating feminine entrepreneurship but additionally the rising affect of Nigerian ladies in shaping enterprise, innovation, and management throughout Africa.
Be Audacious. Be Impactful. Be Daring.
Observe the journey as we unveil the finalists and have fun the extraordinary ladies redefining chance: #BoldWomanAward #VeuveClicquotxWomen #BoldAndVisible
Concerning the Veuve Clicquot Daring Girl Award
In 1805, Madame Clicquot took the reins of the Home after the demise of her husband, at a time when ladies didn’t have the fitting to work and even maintain a checking account. Over time, she revolutionised the sector. To mark its 2 hundredth anniversary, Veuve Clicquot determined to pay tribute to this nice, daring lady, and in 1972 created the Veuve Clicquot Enterprise Girl Award (Daring Girl Award), adopted by the Clémentine Award (Daring Future Award) in 2014. For greater than 50 years, the Home has honoured and featured ladies who’ve constructed, taken on or developed a enterprise – so far, greater than 450 ladies throughout 27 nations. In response to society’s evolution since 1972, beginning in 2019 the award has been a part of a global program: Daring by Veuve Clicquot, a collection of initiatives to generate conversations around the globe, designed for extra influence and inclusiveness.
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