Akinlabi Akinbulumo is a brand strategy expert and a member of the board of directors at the Trellis group of companies.
An ardent follower of the Sun Tzu philosophy Akinlabi constantly driven by the maxim: “The true product of a company, regardless of its resources, is the quality of its thinking.”
Prior to founding Gr8an in 2012, he has been at the helm of developing creative ideas in the Nigerian business and Information tech landscape. In 2006, he joined Nakachi Consulting, a management consulting company where he was a part of the team focused on driving ministry and agency reforms before being reassigned to its sister company. He was instrumental to the establishment of the financial services company, PAYSTAR Limited and was head of the Strategic High Impact Teams before becoming its Business Development Manager in 2008. He moved to Guaranty Trust Bank in 2009 to further his career in brand management and development. At GTBank, he was a critical of the brand management team, which over the period of his stay developed a robust digital engagement platform and the most effective cutting-edge brand communications in the industry.
His discipline as a Chemical Engineering graduate of the University of Technology Minna, has been essential to his drive in ensuring that process flow sits at the heart of his strategy development. Akinlabi’s track record played a key role in earning Gr8an the privilege to start work on big name brands from day one.
He has facilitated a number of Brand development and management sessions and also has co-facilitated seminars on Business development, Leadership, Operational Excellence and Process Re‐Engineering.