CEO transitions are almost always a case of out with the old, in with the new, including upending the previous regime and its business model. Not the way Ken Njoroge & Akshay Grover did it.
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My dad wanted me to be a doctor. Obviously, that didn’t happen. Back in the day, my mother used to get teased about having two daughters. Her co-workers would tell her, “you don’t have a child yet because you don’t have a son.”
So you didn’t go down the medicine path. How did you find your way to branding?
A friend of mine recommended that I go to branding school and turn my creativity into a professional career path. I told my dad I was leaving Abuja and moving to Lagos to learn brand management and work in an agency. Even though he wasn’t fully comfortable with it, he still supported me. We signed an agreement: if my chosen path didn’t work out after two years, I had to come back home.
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Cellulant has officially named Akshay Grover as the Acting-CEO effective May, 2021. Aksha takes over from Ken Njoroge, the co-founder and CEO, who transitioned from his position to take up new roles at the firm’s board level.
Akshay has more that 15 years experience on the TMT across EMEA and Asia region. He has experience in investing, early and growth stage, portfolio management, strategy, restructuring and capital raising.
Commenting on the appointment, Ken Njoroge, the outgoing CEO Cellulant, said, “I’m particularly excited about Akshay Grover, who takes over from me as the Acting-CEO. I first met Akshay in March 2020 and resonated greatly with his energy and knowledge of the African market. Eventually, he joined the management team in January 2021. Since then, he has shown incredible leadership and has been instrumental in working with different teams to refine our growth strategy, finance and to optimize operations across Africa.”
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