The Real Estate industry has been waiting for this book.This is because not much work has been done in that area of study in Nigeria. Infact,since news broke that Mr Hakeem Ogunniran was doing a major work on that area many people began to look forward to it.This is because of the personality involved.The author is a real estate expert with a wealth of experience in that sector.
The big news is that the book is now ready and it will be available on the 31st of March 2021.It is a book the corporate world will embrace because the author has a rich experience in real estate investment trust.
Let’s tell you more about this gentleman who is well experienced in real estate sector.He is also a lawyer.
Mr Hakeem Ogunniran is the Founder/CEO of Eximia Realty Co Ltd and Home For Me NIGERIA Ltd.
He recently retired from UAC of NIGERIA Plc having served as the Managing Director of UACN Property Development Co Plc(Updc) from 2010 – 2018 and Managing Director of MDS Logistics (Division of UAC of Nigeria PLC)between 2000 -2010. Prior to 2000, he was at various times a Law Lecturer, Company Secretary/Legal Adviser, Sales/Marketing Manager and Corporate Planning Manager.
During his eight year tenure as the CEO of Updc Plc, Mr Ogunniran changed the narrative of the real estate industry, leading his team to deliver landmark and iconic projects in Lagos,(Cameron Green, Ikoyi, Victoria Mall Plaza 1 and KPMG Towers, VI, Metro Gardens, Napier Homes, Pinnock Beach Estate, etc, Lekki) Abuja, (Emerald Court, MetroCity, The Pinnacle) Port Harcourt,(Vintage Gardens) Ibadan (Olive Court) and birthing projects in other cities including Asaba and Calabar. In the area of project funding, he led his company to raise over N50Billion for real estate projects by floating bonds, CPs and a DOT based Real Estate Investment Trust in 2013.
Mr Ogunniran graduated in 1984 from the University of LAGOS with a Second Class Honours(Upper Division) and also passed the Bar Examinations Of the Nigerian Law School in 1985 with a Second Class Honours(Upper Division). He later obtained LL.M and MBA degrees from the University of LAGOS.
A former Fulbright Visiting Scholar at the Yale Law School, USA, he has attended several high level management training programmes including the Unilever(IMS), U.K, General Management Programme (GMP) of Ashridge Management College, U.K., Strategic Leadership Programme of Cranfield University, U.K., REAL Estate Management Program of Harvard Business School, USA and Senior Financial Management program of the London Business School.
Mr Ogunniran is a past President and Chairman of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators of Nigeria, a Council and EXCO Member of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce & Industry and frequent speaker at international conferences including the Annual African Property Investment Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa. He was the Lead Speaker for Africa at the 1st International Conference on Corporate Governance at Shanghai in May, 2010.
He is a recipient of many awards including the Federal Government’s Scholarship for High Academic Standing (1981 – 1984), Fulbright Scholarship to Yale School, USA (1991/1992), Joint Best Individual Performance in Management Accounting in ICSA Final Examinations; Osun State Government of Nigeria’s Merit Award, 2007, ICSAN’s Special Award for Exemplary Service (2009); Kwame Nkrumah Award For Corporate Governance Excellence 2009, Distinguished Chartered Secretary of the Year, 2010; Association of Professional Bodies in Nigeria’s Award for Professional Excellence, 2011 and Global Home Nigeria Property Award’s Property CEO of the Year 2011,Real Estate Unite Person of the Year,2013, the Odua Business Ambassador Awards and named one of the top 20 CEOs of the Listed Companies on the Nigerian Stock Exchange for 2013.
It’s a book that will transform the thinking of many players in the real estate sector.
