Tomi Adepoju

Tomi is a Partner & Head of Enterprise Risk Services/ESG, KPMG Nigeria with about 25 years of experience. She is also the responsible for People and Partner matters in KPMG Nigeria.

She has successfully led several transformational large-scale ESG/Sustainability projects, in major national corporates and multinational organisations across diverse sectors. These include services related to carbon emission reduction strategy, sustainability strategy and impact assessment services for leading players in several industries.

She has also supported clients with other services including sustainability assessment services, sustainability reporting services, ESG due diligence reviews, internal audit services, board evaluate corporate governance reviews and enterprise risk management services.

Tomi has a Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering, and she is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN). Additionally, she possesses a certificate in Risk Management Assurance from the Institute of Internal Auditors and a Board Readiness Certificate from the IE Business School, Spain. Tomi also has a Certification in GRI(G4) Sustainability Reporting Process.

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Marilyn Obaisa-Osula

Marilyn is an Associate Director and leads the ESG and Sustainability Services Unit, at KPMG Nigeria. She has with over fourteen (14) years of experience across Agriculture, FMCGs, Pharmaceuticals, Financial institutions (including the development finance institutions), techstartups, Energy and the public sectors.

She has rendered sustainability-related services including ESG reporting, integrated reporting, sustainability assurance, impact assessment, sustainability strategy and stakeholder engagement, innovation management for sustainability (technology-driven), United Nations SDGs integration and implementation, OHSE reviews, Community development services. She has rendered advisory services for Organisational development & Sustainability - for small and large corporations, including agribusiness value chain players. Her most recent experience also includes leading her team to develop carbon emission reduction strategy, sustainability strategy and impact assessment services for leading players in several industries.

Marilyn has a Bachelor’s degree in Agricultural Economics and a Master’s degree in Public and Development Management. She is a chartered accountant, She is an appointed member of the Panel of Experts for Adaptation Benefit Mechanism on Climate Change-related matters for a DFI. Marilyn has served as moderator and panelist at a number of webinars/ seminars locally and internationally on ESG She has also played a key role in several workshops and training courses at board and management levels facilitating discussions on ESG for several companies.

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Yewande Adeyi

Yewande is a Manager in the ESG & Sustainability Advisory Services Unit, KPMG in Nigeria. Over the past eight (8) years, she has amassed experience in a broad range of sustainability services including Waste Management Advisory, Socio-economic Impact Assessment, Corporate Sustainability Strategy and Reporting, Sustainability/ESG Assurance, Capacity Buillding etc. Her industry experience covers Agriculture, FMCGs, DFI and Commercial Banks, Oil & Gas, and Energy.

Some of her sector experience includes coordinating a plastics circularity market assessment for a DFI which led to funding in the Nigerian plastics recycling Industry. She also led another DFI led project on institutional analysis of the Nigerian solid waste and plastics management landscape.

Yewande has a Bachelor’s degree in Food Science and Technology and a Master’s degree in Food Processing and Technology. Additionally, she is an ISO 14001(Environmental management systems) Lead Auditor, ISO 26000 (Guidance on Social Responsibility) Lead Implementer and possesses certificates in Health, Safety & Environment. Yewande is a Full Member of the Nigerian Association of Sustainability Professionals of Nigeria.

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