Tokunboh George-Taylor comes on Marketing Edge IG live interview
Come Wednesday, May 27, 2020, MARKETING EDGE Live Instagram conversation would serve its audience across the globe with fresh insights on Public Relations and Crisis Management as it hosts one of the renowned Amazons in that field, Mrs. Tokunboh George-Taylor, Managing Director of Hill+Knowlton Strategies (Nigeria), an international public relations network with more than 80 offices around the globe. The conversation would focus on the theme: Public Relations and Crisis Management in the Age of “New Normal”.
The theme and the guest are already generating interest and excitement among practitioners and industry operators who have indicated intention to be part of the popular topic.
Mrs. George-Taylor has garnered almost 30 years of experience in public relations and corporate communications which she is putting to very good use to guide her organisation, as its managing director, in providing strategic insight and counsel to clients.
Tokunboh, as she is simply and fondly called, is well versed in the business operating landscape in Nigeria. Her areas of specialisation include Public Relations, Community Relations, Advertising, Branding and Marketing in the Telecoms, Information Technology, Finance, Education, Energy and Oil & Gas Sector. She is experienced in Governance and Compliance, CSR Strategy and innovation Development.
Before joining H+K Strategies, this Amazon spent over 14 years at integrated energy group Oando Plc. in Lagos where she was a part of the Group Leadership Council, heading up the Corporate Services, Corporate communications/CSR divisions along the way. Most recently she was Director of the Oando Foundation, establishing the foundation in Nigeria, US and UK and developing its framework and partnerships. Whilst at Oando Plc., she led the communications team for local and international fund raising and the listing on the Johannesburg stock exchange.
Before returning to work in Nigeria in 2001, Tokunboh was a Senior Account Manager in London with one of the UK’s leading technology and consumer public relations agencies, handling the media campaigns for B2B clients in telecommunications.
She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from the University of Wisconsin, USA.
A member of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) and Institute of Directors (IOD), Mrs. George-Taylor is also a Fellow of the Africa Leadership Initiative – West Africa and a member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network. She is also the Acting Chairman of the Oando Foundation as well as a Board Member of Legacy Office and CSR-in-Action Advocacy.
As an international public relations network, Hill+Knowlton Strategies which George-Taylor leads in Nigeria, delivers deep sector knowledge and breadth of public relations expertise which enable it to solve complex communications challenges for its clients across the world.
The company’s ‘breadth and depth’ model allows it to bring together the best expertise and specialisations from across the industry to create agile teams for its clients.
In its approach to business, Hill+Knowlton Strategies blends strategy, creativity and innovation underpinned with data and analytics. Its heritage in earned, shared and owned media enables it to craft engaging stories that have local relevance and global reach.
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