CEC & CHARLEANS CELEBRATES PAST PRESIDENT OREKOYA.
Our joy knows no bound as the entire SCOBA family celebrates the 59th birthday of our Past President, Tayo Orekoya (Stanza 737).
Born September 16, 1961 to Prince Emmanuel Olayinka Orekoya & Late Chief (Mrs.) Regina Aderemi Orekoya of Ile Alashe Royal Family, Isara Remo, Ogun State; he attended several Primary Schools due to the mobile nature of his father’s profession as a colonially trained Police Officer, including starting at Army Children’s School, Eleyele, Ibadan; to CAC Latona, Osogbo, Salvation Army Primary School, Isale Aro, Osogbo and concluding at CAC Primary School, Moore, Ile-Ife.
While in St. Charles, he was quite active in the Dramatic Arts and was Vice President of the School’s Dramatic Society, taking lead roles in many stage productions and ultimately developed this talent, culminating in his being a playwright & actor as past time in years gone by. The first Movie production of Gateway Television (then OGTV) in 1980, titled Have Mercy was written by him, with him as Lead Actor.
A Chartered Accountant, Management/ Organizational Development Consultant and erstwhile Banking Executive, Past President Tayo Orekoya graduated with Distinction in Accountancy from the then Ogun State Polytechnic, Abeokuta in 1982; qualified as Chartered Accountant in 1989, elected Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria in 2003, and qualified as a Certified Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) Specialist from Institute of Public Private Partnerships (IP3), Washington DC, USA in 2014.
He commenced his professional Banking career in 1982 with the defunct National Bank of Nigeria Ltd in Benin City, joined the then Eko International Bank PLC (now Polaris Bank ), Lagos as a pioneer Management Staff in 1988. A culmination of his 10-year banking experience, he voluntarily resigned in January 1992 to start his first entrepreneurial initiative, Trustworth Finance & Investments Ltd. In 1993, he founded Corporate Institutions Training Consult, now CITC Global Consulting Ltd., affiliated to the International Federation of Training & Development Organisations (IFTDO).
In 1995, he envisioned and conceptualized the nationally renowned PEARL Awards Nigeria, endorsed by the Securities & Exchange Commission, rewarding companies quoted on the Nigerian Stock Exchange for 25 years now, and is the President/Chief Executive and member, Board of Governors of PEARL Awards Nigeria.
He is the Publisher of the Nigerian Stock Market Annual (22 Editions from 1995 – 2020); Winning Strategies of Nigeria’s Corporate Giants, Local Government Administration in Nigeria (2 Volumes) and Winner of Awards including International Arch of Europe Award for Quality and Technology (Gold Category); Honorary Award for Leadership by Jay Cees Nigeria; 50 Nigerians of Integrity Award by Guardian Newspapers 2011 and Merit Award by Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife.
In February 2004, he was appointed Director, Corporate & Investment Planning of the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA), a World Bank assisted institution of the Lagos State Government and voluntarily resigned in September, 2016 after a meritorious service of over 12 years, to return to his Consulting firm, CITC Global Consulting Ltd.
He has attended various Executive Leadership Training programmes internationally including at University of Chicago Booth Business School, USA; University of Spain Business School, Navarra, Spain; Oxford Management School UK; Kellogg Management School, Northwestern University, Miami, Florida, USA among a host of others.
He has presented papers at international fora including on Emerging Issues in the Global Capital Markets, South Africa; Annual International Conference of the Sub-Saharan African Transport Programme, Kenya and United Nations Forum on Sustainable Urban Transportation in Seoul, South Korea, among numerous others.
He was the Chairman, Lagos State Branch of the St. Charles' Old Boys Association from 1998 to 2000 and Chairman, Finance & Fund Raising Committee of the 50th Anniversary of our Alma Mater, St. Charles Grammar School, Osogbo in 2009/2010, raising sizeable and unprecedented funding towards the Golden Anniversary celebrations.
He was elected the 10th National President of St. Charles Grammar School, Osogbo Old Boys Association in 2010, and was unanimously re-elected for a second term as President of the Old Boys Association in March 2012, completing a well accomplished tenure in February 2014.
Under his OBA Presidency, numerous fundamental and transformational achievements were made in SCOBA including reformation of the OBA to central and global rather than national structure in line with current realities, transiting from National Executive Committee to the Central Executive Council (CEC); formal Registration of the Old Boys Association with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), constitution of the OBA Board of Trustees, institution of numerous welfare, educative and health programmes for Old Boys, various academic support initiatives for then students as well as conceptualization and commencement of building of the Bashorun Rotimi Obeisun Alumni Hall of the Old Boys Association, completed to reasonable milestone.
Given the array of talents within the SCOBA family, ascending the leadership of SCOBA at age 48/49 (with strings of 'firsts' and laudable achievements) was and remains an unprecedented feat - and that speaks volume of the cerebral endowment of the persona of today's birthday boy, PP Tayo Orekoya.
Worthy of note too is his elder brother, Charlean Jide Orekoya, also of the same 737 Stanza and a Past Vice Chairman, Lagos State Chapter of SCOBA.
Past President Charlean Tayo Orekoya is happily married to Mrs. Abimbola Orekoya, an old girl of Baptist Girls Grammar School, Osogbo (BAPTO) and they are blessed with wonderful children and a grandson.
His hobbies include playing Golf, Lawn Tennis, watching movies.
As we rejoice with him, his family, Stanza 737, SCOBA in general, friends and associates, please celebrate this special day (365 days short of his Diamond Jubilee Anniversary) that the Lord has made in giving us a unique leader in this Past President, Charlean Tayo Orekoya. Do this via your congratulatory messages through this medium and, or personal calls to him.
May the good Lord continue to grant him good health, all-round success in his endeavors and divine longevity.
Big congratulations, Sir!
Humility! Humilitas!!
Signed:
Pius Adesakin
Publicity Secretary
SCOBA CEC 2018/20
