Paul Ikele

Registrar/Chief Executive at The Institute Of Business Development

• Nigeria
• January 2007 to February 2014

The Institute of Business Development 2007 - Date
- Chief Executive Officer charged to oversee the day to day activities, supervise and contribute expertly to all functions relevant to the Institute’s mission and reports to Council of the Institute.
- Takes responsibility for the functionality of the Institute’s programs, implementation of the approved budgets and ensure that Council decisions are effectively implemented.
- Ensures that schedules of all Institutes’ meetings are properly organized and see that all programs are designed in line with Institute’s objective.
- Developed the curriculum of main courses, lead facilitator, presenter and teacher at the Institute’s training programs, workshops, seminars and conferences.
- Liaise with agencies, government and private sector to link the Institutes programs and activities.
- Liaise with Universities and other Tertiary for accreditation of the Institute’s curriculum and establishment of business development as a core course.
- Lead contact person that relates with Federal Ministry of Education, Justice and Nigerian Board for Technical Education on issues of The Institute’s syllabus, course curriculums.
- Developed Master Class programs on Business Intelligence, Competitive Intelligence, Franchising, Business Modeling and initiator of the Institutes’ Diploma courses
- Analyzing various requirements and logistical constraints, to contribute key inputs while floating requisitions/tenders, and finalizing contracts for services and programs of the Institute.
- Articulate good methodology for membership growth and advice Council on the management of the Institute.
- Interfaced with diverse departments across the designated business entity to identify key relevant requirements, and create purchase/service solutions to prevent incompatibility in service and program flow.
- Conduct market research, to identify alternative programs and best service providers, negotiating subsidiary contracts and alternative deals for trial periods.
- Evaluating viability of proposed contracts in view of the Institute's current commitments, proposed lock-in period, ROIs, long-term solvency and possible market variances. Drafting proposals for negotiating credit with banks and financial institutions.
- Advising Council about budget planning and expenditure management.
- Collating, and compiling data/ Inputs from various sources, and generate key matrices reports for each segment as well as consolidated reports for the Institute using current trends.
- Drafting short term contracts and negotiating end to end activities encompassing issues of comparative estimates, settlement and breach of contract parameters. Verifying and control Invoices.