Dr Funke Medun brings several years’ experience that spans business development, relationship & team management, building & maintaining strategic alliances. She holds a first degree in Geology, an MBA from the prestigious Lagos Business School (LBS), Pan Atlantic University, Nigeria; and a doctorate degree from Paris School of Business (PSB), Paris, France. She is a member of the chartered institute of directors (CIoD) Nigeria. She is also a fellow chartered institute of public administrators (FCPA), a member of Chartered Institute of Personnel Management (CIPM) and a licensed human resource practitioner (HRPL). She is also an alumna of China Europe International Business School (CEIBS) and IESE Business School, Spain. She is an associate member of women in business and management (WIMBIZ) Nigeria. She is an author, a practitioner scholar, a sought-after trainer and guest speaker. Funke sit on the board of a few organizations and strategic committees. She is an alumna of the United State government exchange program academy for women entrepreneurs (AWE).
She is an accredited World Bank business development support (BDS) consultant, a seasoned professional with several years’ experience in banking, consulting, and entrepreneurship development. She is a BDS consultant for the World Bank Growth & Employment (GEM) project, Bank of Industry (BOI) Nigeria, and Lagos State Employment Trust Fund (LSETF) project, and the Leapworld/United States African Development Foundation (USADF)/LSETF employability program lead consultant. She is the pioneer program coordinator for CEIBS WELA program in Nigeria. Funke was an interviewer on the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN)/ Mafita/UKAid Accreditation of BDSPs in Nigeria project. She worked on the project to certify staff of SMEDAN and consultants on the MAFITA project. Funke also consulted and trained on the FGN YouWin Connect youth’s enterprise development project. She is currently the managing consultant at Leapworld Limited (www.leapworldgroup.com) a management & BDS services consulting, assessment, empowerment, training, and human resource management organization.
Funke had ample experience in the banking sector before joining the consulting industry. She worked with the leading banks in Nigeria: Zenith bank plc and Guaranty trust bank plc (GTBank) in different departments and capacities. She was also the country manager/head business development, Nigeria of a consulting firm with head-office in Canada. She has pioneered several business units, successfully managed several teams, mentoring and impacting great skills and results. Funke has multi-sectoral work experience and has worked with several thousands of MSMEs and several large enterprises up to top management and board level. Her work experience covers private, NGOs and government (state and federal) enterprises.
Funke is also active in community development. She is the pioneer president of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management (CIPM) Members’ Cooperative Multipurpose Society; a member of the institute’s research and publication committee, a member of the MSME development committee, and a training facilitator. She is a member of WIMBIZ advocacy committee, and had served as a member of WIMBIZ capital committee. She is also a member of the Lagos Business School Alumni Association (LBSAA) President’s dinner planning committee, and fund-raising team. She was a volunteer mentor on the LSETF project to selected MSMEs, a volunteer facilitator for ready set work, a Lagos State project to prepare students in their final year for the world of work, entrepreneurship, and life outside school. In addition, she was a volunteer financial education trainer with the “financial literacy for all” project, Nigeria (in Collaboration with Commonwealth UK), and a life-skills trainer with the Lagos Eko Education project (World Bank funded). She was also a mentor under the Guaranty Trust Bank plc staff mentoring scheme and a peer educator with the Health & Life planning club (Action Health Incorporated, Lagos).