Fresh decade: ThistlePraxis strengthens board as Elizabeth Olofin becomes Executive Director

&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;02&sol;Olofin-948x1024&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-2365"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The board of directors  of ThistlePraxis Consulting&comma; a leading innovative advisor for niche markets&comma; has announced the appointment of Elizabeth Olofin as Executive Director&comma; effective February 2020&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>A statement signed by Edem Andah&comma; Board Chair&comma; ThistlePraxis Consulting and made available to OpenLife&comma; stated that Olofin  is a thinker extraordinaire&comma; as well as a seasoned researcher and leader&period; The statement added Olofin joins the consulting firm with over 10 years experience in Management positions within the corporate and non-profit sectors&comma; creating and executing Strategy&comma; Learning and Development solutions&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Before joining ThistlePraxis&comma; the statement explained that Elizabeth’s professional experience spans working as&NewLine;an&nbsp&semi;Independent Monitor with the Growth &amp&semi; Employment &lpar;GEM&rpar; Project of&NewLine;the Federal Ministry of Industry&comma; Trade &amp&semi; Investment&semi; Part-Time Lecturer&comma;&NewLine;Entrepreneurship at Wavecrest College of Hospitality&semi;&nbsp&semi;Head&comma; Training and&NewLine;subsequently Executive Director of FATE Foundation where she provided&NewLine;professional and enterprise development support for entrepreneurs&period;<br>&NewLine;Elizabeth is a member of Rotary Club of Lagos and also volunteers her time in&NewLine;providing employability skills to students and graduates&period; Elizabeth has also&NewLine;served as a Mentor&comma; Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Programme- 2015&NewLine;&amp&semi; 2016&semi; Advisory Board Member&comma; Nigeria International Technology Exhibition&NewLine;&amp&semi; Conference and is a Member&comma; Humanistic Management Network&comma;&NewLine;Nigeria&period;&nbsp&semi;In&nbsp&semi;line with her interest in Sustainability&comma; she currently&NewLine;serves as a Member&comma; National Steering Committee UNDP Global Environment&NewLine;Facility-Small Grants Programme &lpar;2018 &&num;8211&semi; 2021&rpar;&period;<br>&NewLine;Elizabeth holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Zoology and a Masters in&NewLine;Educational Management&comma; all from the University of Ibadan&comma; Nigeria and is an&NewLine;Alumna of the Lagos Business School &lpar;Senior Management Programme-SMP-33&rpar;&period;&NewLine;&nbsp&semi;She was nominated and participated in the US Government sponsored International&NewLine;Visitor Leadership Programme &lpar;IVLP&rpar; on NGO Management &amp&semi; Youth Programmes in&NewLine;the United States and has a Fellowship in Leadership for Environment and&NewLine;Development &lpar;LEAD&rpar;&period;<br>&NewLine;Elizabeth has commenced her training and leadership succession and will take over&NewLine;fully from Ini Abimbola&comma; who will step down as CEO&sol;Lead Consultant&comma; from June&NewLine;31st&comma; 2020&comma; after ten &lpar;10&rpar; years in her role as CEO&period; Ini is moving over to sit&NewLine;as a member of the Board of&nbsp&semi;ThistlePraxis&nbsp&semi;Consulting&period;&nbsp&semi;<br>&NewLine;Ini’s leadership has built the organization into an effective&comma; globally&NewLine;recognized and well-managed entity with integrity and a clear sense of purpose&comma;&NewLine;serving clients and partners whilst delivering tangible impact&comma; and her steady&comma;&NewLine;committed and continued presence on the Board is integral in the next growth&NewLine;phase<&sol;p>&NewLine;