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George Okoro

George Okoro

Board Member

George Okoro holds a Bachelor of Marketing degree from the University of Calabar, Cross River state, and an MBA (Management) from the University of Nigeria, Enugu campus. He is an accomplished sales, logistics, and marketing professional. He has expansive working knowledge and experience across various sectors; FMCG, Pharmaceutical, Renewal Energy, Telecommunication, and Industrial goods.

The Edo state-born Sales expert has an infectious passion for driving consistent superior performance and records for developing winning culture in teams across multi-ethnic/cultural environments.

 

George Okoro, fondly called GO, started his core selling and marketing career at SmithKline Beecham ( later GSK) in 1995. He spent over 15 years handling different roles /responsibilities in Field Sales, Sales Management, Performance Enhancement, and Customer Marketing, where he bagged several awards, including Best Sales Representative ( 1998, 1999) and Best Regional Manager 2005.

George left GlaxoSmithKline Consumer (GSK) in 2014 as Head of Customer Marketing to join ToughStuff West Africa as pioneer Regional General Manager of West Africa. In TSWA, George established the Renewable energy start-up in 4 West African countries: Nigeria, Ghana, Cote D’Ivoire, and Senegal. George moved to Globacom, the telecom giant, as Senior Sales Manager-Oyo 1 in 2016.

He is the Regional Director of Sales and Marketing for Dangote Cement for the South-South region. He is responsible for annual sales of over 180 billion and has grown the business year after year.

Expertise:

  • Performance Management
  • Management Consulting & Change Management
  • Sales and Marketing
  • Business Development and Transformation
  • Organizational Culture Development
  • Growth Optimization & Business Strategy
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