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Snr Director, Global Government Relations, Procter & Gamble Africa

Temitope is the Senior Director, Global Government Relation. Procter & Gamble for the Africa region. Temitope, a qualified pharmacist, joined the leading blue chip multinational in 1998. In her over 22 years career with P&G, she has distinguished herself with a breadth of roles spanning commercial and corporate functions - Sales, Market strategy and planning, Supply Network operations, External relations, and Government Relations. In this timeframe, Temitope has lived and worked from Nigeria, South Africa, Ghana, Togo and the United States of America delivering significant value to her company across business disciplines. . She currently lives in Johannesburg with responsibility for over 43 Sub Sahara African countries. Temitope is a member of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria, sits on several boards & advisory boards including Montserrado Investments B.V, Corporate Council on Africa, Chairman of the Taskforce on Trade facilitation at the US Chamber of commerce and involved in various local community projects. Mrs. Iluyemi is passionate about governance, is a strong gender advocate and passionate about people and national development. She is a keen advocate of African regional integration and a highly sought-after speaker who has advocated over several global platforms for the integration of African markets and the AfCFTA. Temitope was recognized among the Top 50 Leading ladies in Corporate Nigeria 2019, Top50 Leading African Corporate Women in 2021, Women who made impact in 2019 by the Guardian publication, recognized with a Honoris causa doctorate in 2019 and as Top 10 strategic African women in Leadership2021 (SAWIL) and Top 100 women in corporate Africa 2023. She is also appointed into the High level advisory council on women affairs by the President of Nigeria in 2023.