{"id":11215,"date":"2017-02-20T15:27:40","date_gmt":"2017-02-20T14:27:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=11215"},"modified":"2017-05-26T17:01:15","modified_gmt":"2017-05-26T16:01:15","slug":"okubanjo-oloye-olarenwaju-oladotun","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/okubanjo-oloye-olarenwaju-oladotun\/","title":{"rendered":"OKUBANJO, Oloye Olarenwaju Oladotun"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>public relations consultant, industrialist, administrator, born February 27, 1928, Ijebu- Igbo, Ogun State; married Pastor Edith Adefunke Telia, two sons, three daughters; Education: Ijebu-Igbo Grammar School, 1942-47, Ealing College for Higher Education, London, 1957-60; Career: Appointed Chairman, Sketch Group, Ibadan, 1975-77; Chairman, Chesbrough Products Idustries 1978- 90; Chairman, Sagamu Asbestors Limited; Founder\/Chairman, Gulf Bank of Nigeria Limited; Chairman, Vista Investment &#038; Property Limited; Founder\/Chairman, Doal Organisation; Chairman, International Distillers Nigeria Limited; Chairman, Foucos Nigeria Limited; Chairman, Vieta Petroleum; Chairman, Bridgehead Securities; Director, Ecobank, Ghana Limited; Director, Santa-Fe Development Company Limited; Founder\/ Director, Ecobank Transnational Incorporated, Lome,Togo, 1985; Chairman\/Deputy Chairman, Independent Business Group (IBG); Vice-President, Lagos Chamber of Commerce &#038; Industry; Honorary Life Vice- President, Lagos Chamber of Commerce &#038; Industry; President, Nigerian-American Chamber of Commerce, 1978-84; Founding member, Nigerian-US Business Council; President, Nigerian British Chamber of Commerce, 1989-93; Founding President, Association of Advertising Practitioners of Nigeria (AAPN); Founder\/President, National Association of Independent Business (NAIB); Founder\/Treasurer, Nigerian Institute of Public Relations; President Association of Distillers &#038; Wine Manufacturers; President, National Association of Tutorial Colleges; President, International Association of Childs Right to Play, USA; Fellow, International Public Relations Association, IPRA; fellow, Nigerian Institute of Public Relations; fellow, Public Relations Consultants Association; fellow, Institute of Directors, Great Britain; fellow, Institute of Directors, Nigeria; fellow, Royal Society of Arts; Honorary fellow, Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria, APCON; Associate member, Nigerian Institute of Management; Associate member, The Royal Photographic Society; Associate member,Nigerian Institute of International Relations; member, International Council for Small Business Enterprises, USA; member, World Assembly of Small &#038; Medium Enterprises, WASME; member, Nigerian-Belgian Chamber of Commerce; member, Indo-Africa Economic Council; Honorary Vice-president, National Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines &#038; Agriculture, NACCIMA; Patron, Executive Secretaries Association of Nigeria; Patron; Embassie Club, University of Ibadan; Patron, Precil Club, Ijebu-Igbo; member, Vice-President, The Rotary Club of Lagos, 1965-73; Charter President, The Rotary Club of Yaba, 1973-75; member, Metropolitan Club, Lagos; member, Island Club, Lagos; member, Yoruba Tennis Club, Lagos; member, Ikoyi Club; member, Molusi Development Council; member, Apapa Club; member, Ijebu-Igbo Arch Deacon Board; member, Ijebu-Igbo Diocesan Board since 1978; President, Student Union, Ealing Polytechnic, England, 1959-60; Foreign Honours: Decorated as Honorary Admiral of the Texas Navy, since 1977; Bullock Raider of State of Texas, since 1978; Honorary Citizens of Los Angeles, California, 1978; Houston, Texas, 1978; Texas State, 1978; Atlantic City, Washington, 1978; Cincinnati, Ohio, 1978; Wayne Webraska, 1982;Traditional Title: Aaro of Ijebu-Igbo, 1975; Seriki Babalaje of Osogbo, 1987; Hobbies: gardening, collection of native artwork, reading biographies, writing poetry, theatre arts; Home: 1,Oloye Close, Badore, Lekki, G.P.O. 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