Okeme of Unilever Emerges New ADVAN President

The Director of Brand Building, Unilever Nigeria Plc, Mr. David Okeme has emerged the new president of the Advertisers Association of Nigeria, ADVAN.

He polled 11 votes to beat a contender, the Commercial Director of Promasidor Nigeria Limited, Mr. Kachi Onabogu who polled 4 votes at the Annual General Meeting of the association this evening. ‎

Okeme took over from Mr. Kola Oyeyemi, the General Manager; Consumer Marketing at MTN.

Mr. David Okeme serves as Director of Brand Building (Home & Personal Care) at Unilever Nigeria Plc. Also as the Director of Brand Building (Foods) at Unilever Nigeria Plc and served as its Head of Brand Building.

With over 18 years of experience in Customer Marketing, Brand Development and Brand Building, David returns to Unilever Nigeria as Brand Building Director, following three years as the Regional Brand Development Manager for Unilever’s … Oral Care business in the Gulf.

He is a Fellow of the National Institute of Marketing in Nigeria, and an alumnus of London and Wharton Business Schools. He joined Unilever Nigeria in 1992 with an Honours Degree in English from the University of Jos.

Speaking shortly after the victory, Okeme called for a new relationship among players as he posited that the advertisers are yet to gain enough from the huge amount of money they have invested in advertising.

He solicited for the support of other members of the executive to enable his administration to step up from where Oyeyemi had stopped.

“I was a member of the past administration led by Kola Oyeyemi that did well for ADVAN, this administration will create new initiative and you have to wait and see what we will bring on board,” he said.