Bankole

Communications Specialist
African Business Coalition for Health (ABCHealth), Nigeria

Bankole is the Communications Specialist at ABCHealth, conceptualizing and executing a multi-faceted communications strategy for the coalition. His decade-long experience cuts across brand management, media relations, content development, strategy and advertising.

Bankole joined ABCHealth from FBNInsurance, a subsidiary of FBNHoldings, one of Sub-saharan Africa’s largest financial powerhouses. As Senior Brand Management Executive at FBNInsurance, he initiated the adoption of creative brand storytelling as a unique way of increasing awareness for the brand and driving uptake of its product in a largely skeptical market. Prior to that, he led the creative direction for various briefs at Cheil Nigeria, the in-house Agency of Samsung Electronics West Africa where he was Team Lead, Creative.

An award winning copywriter and prize winning short story writer, Bankole is an alumnus of the Olabisi Onabanjo University, Nigeria; associate member of both the Chartered Institute of Marketing (UK) and the National Institute of Marketing in Nigeria.

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