The Harvard Business School Association of Nigeria
(HBSAN) has honoured the Managing
Director and Chief Executive Officer of Mouka Limited, Mrs. Peju Adebajo with
the HBSAN Leadership Award for General Management in recognition of her
exemplary and transformational leadership qualities in General Management. Mrs
Adebajo is an alumnus of the Harvard Business School MBA program.
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| L-R: : Recipient of HBSAN Leadership Award for General Management and Managing Director, Mouka Limited, Mrs Peju Adebajo receiving her award from Managing Director, Visafone, Mr Marten Pieters during the 2013 Black Tie Dinner and Ball Award Ceremony in Victoria Island, Lagos. |
The HBSAN Leadership Awards honour and recognize Nigerian
Harvard Business School’s alumni who have either demonstrated exceptional
qualities in their areas of professional expertise.
Speaking on the Awards at the HBSAN Black Tie Dinner and Ball
which held recently in Lagos, the President of the association, Mrs. Fola Laoye
stated that the nominees for the Award are Nigerian Harvard Business School’s
alumni, who have shown exemplary business management skills in their chosen
careers and noteworthy contributions to the corporate development of Nigeria
over the years. “The award recipients meet the criteria for nomination and were
selected by the HBSAN Board of Directors and End of Year Black Tie and Dinner
Ball Event Committee” she said.
Under Adebajo’s leadership, Mouka Limited has become a
household name in the Foam and Mattress manufacturing industry in Nigeria and
Sub Sahara Africa. The company has moved from being a family business to an
institutionalized company with strong focus on people, quality products , stakeholder
value and environmental sustainability.
In her acceptance speech, Mrs. Peju Adebajo thanked the
leadership of the association for the honour and emphasized her willingness to
continue to serve as both a good ambassador for Harvard as well as a mentor to
younger alumni and non alumni members of the association.
She added that
repositioning Mouka from a family business to a leading brand in the Foam and
mattresses sector could not have been possible without the support of the team
at Mouka and thanked her colleagues as well as the board of directors of Mouka
Limited
HBSAN was formed in 1983 by Nigerian Harvard Business School
alumni to advocate the ideals of professionalism and high ethical standards in
Business Management in Nigeria.
Other notable Awardees at the HBSAN Black Tie Dinner and Ball
is the Chairman, Visafone Communications, Mr Jim Ovia, who received the HBSAN
Award for Entrepreneurship and the founder, LEAP Africa, Mrs Ndidi Nwuneli, who
received the HBSAN Leadership Award for Social Enterprise.
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