24 Aug Wragby Appoints a New CEO
The board of directors of Wragby Business Solutions & Technologies Limited has announced the succession of her pioneer MD/CEO, Mr. Olugbenga Iluyemi. In a strategic business decision, the Board of Directors has approved the appointment of Dr. Oluyomi Alarape as the MD/CEO with effect from 1st of January 2021.
The Chairman of the company, Mr. Remi Adegboyega thanked and commended the outgoing MD/CEO for his significant contributions to the growth and development of the company. Over the past six years, Wragby Business Solutions and Technologies Limited has become a proven industry leader in Information and Communications Technology (ICT) with expertise in Cloud Application & Infrastructure, Modern Work & Security, Data for Business Transformation, Artificial Intelligence, and Business Solutions in West Africa.
Our company was the Microsoft Partner Global Award finalist in 2017, 2018, and 2019 for our work in Enterprise Mobility & Security, Cloud Technology, and Application Innovation.
Wragby has also been voted Microsoft Country Partner of the year in 2019 and 2020.
These awards affirm our dedication to transforming businesses and institutions via innovation and making the world a better place through technology, we are living the vision already. The new appointment is to take us higher.
Dr. Alarape who takes over the leadership of the company from January 2021 is currently the Executive Director. He is a graduate of Electrical Engineering, with an MBA and Doctorate Degree in Business Administration (DBA) at the University of Liverpool, United Kingdom. Dr Alarape had successfully led a large international telecommunications Information Systems and Security startup in the Middle East (MTN) where he thrived immensely in global business management.
As the Business Group Director for Cloud & Enterprise for Microsoft across 57 countries in Middle East and Africa, he led Microsoft cloud business penetration and growth In Africa with over 150% year on year growth for almost a decade.
Dr. Alarape is happily married with two wonderful children and currently lectures (Business Leadership, Digital Transformation, Inclusive Green Innovation and Entrepreneurship) at Maastricht School of Management (MSM), Netherlands, as an Adjunct Professor.