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Olaedo Osoka is an exemplary chief and board member that has demonstrated a track-record of government management, elevating and deploying capital focused at socio-economic impression and execution.
For the final two years, she has been the Chief Govt Officer (West Africa) of Daystar Energy Group, an organization offering renewable power options to companies and industries in Africa.
Earlier than her West Africa-wide position, she was the CEO of the group in Ghana, a task she rose to after main enterprise growth in Nigeria. She was a pioneer member of the Daystar workforce, holding board positions and main the corporate’s enlargement in West Africa from Nigeria into Ghana, Togo, Cote d’Ivoire and Senegal culminating in an acquisition by Shell.
Throughout her tenure, she co-led the elevating of over $60million from buyers akin to Shell, Verod, Morgan Stanley, STOA and growth financing establishments (DFIs) akin to IFU (the Danish DFI), DEG (the German DFI) and Proparco (the French DFI).
Beneath her management, these funds have been deployed to finance, set up and function solar energy vegetation throughout greater than 300 areas together with a number of the largest installations at industrial vegetation in West Africa.
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Past the optimistic impression on the atmosphere, her work has helped purchasers just like the Coca-Cola bottler, the United Nations, Ecobank’s Pan-African headquarters amongst different blue-chip corporations to cut back their energy and operational prices, while delivering superior monetary returns to shareholders.
As a part of her position, she additionally labored with the Worldwide Finance Company in the direction of growing feminine participation and variety within the renewable power business, and likewise structured mentoring and coaching programmes to equip ladies to guide within the business.
Olaedo is captivated with scaling companies which give socio-economic impression and make life higher. The resonating suggestions about her type of management contains being genuine, values-driven, impactful, energising and the correct mix of individuals and course of orientation.
Her work was recognised by the Africa Photo voltaic Trade Affiliation in 2020 which named her “Lady of the 12 months in Photo voltaic”, and she or he has been recorded because the youngest feminine CEO within the business on the forefront of the transition to scrub power in West Africa.
She beforehand led enterprise growth and governance at Sunray Ventures – a enterprise builder that establishes high-growth companies in Africa. Previous to this, she labored as a Lawyer at Udo Udoma and Belo Osagie.
Olaedo graduated with a first-class diploma in Legislation from the College of Essex and holds a Grasp of Legislation with a distinction from the London College of Economics and Political Science. She is at the moment present process an Govt MBA at INSEAD.
