Foluso Phillips, chief executive officer, Philips Consulting Group Nigeria, Segun Agbaje, chief executive officer of GTbank Nigeria Plc are expected to lead a roundtable on change, experience extraordinary growth and increase return on investments (RoIS) in uncertain times.

Today, the Change Leadership Organisation, focused on empowering organisations and leaders across Africa to lead transformational change, announced its exclusive event, The Change Leadership Executive Roundtable, bringing together fifty notable African leaders from the 6th to 8th of July, 2016 at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Toronto, Canada.

The event will feature the number one global leadership expert, John C. Maxwell, Innovation Expert – Jeremy Gutsche., Honorable Abike Dabiri-Erewa – Senior Special Assistant to the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on Foreign Affairs and the Diaspora, Arole Oodua Adeyeye Ogunwusi – Ooni of Ife and Chairman of Gran Imperio Group Nigeria, and Samuel Oboh – 2015 President of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) who is the first Canadian of African descent to occupy this position in the 108-year history of the Institute, and President of INSPIRARQX, speaking with business leaders in Nigeria and the diaspora who are leading change and innovation and public figures in Africa and Canada.

The event provides the perfect platform to collaborate with other forerunners on how to effectively lead change in periods of economic uncertainties to experience extraordinary growth and drive higher return on investments (ROIs), as well as creating a collective agenda to move the Nigerian economy forward.

The 42 percent decline in the price of Brent crude has sent Nigeria’s economy into a creep with state revenues decimated and the financial markets reeling. As the continent’s biggest economy, the adverse effects on the economies of other countries have been inevitable.

With the world’s current economic uncertainties, how can African business leaders position their organisations to make record-breaking profits?

How did organisations such as Apple with its first iPhone succeed at the height of global recession? How have Microsoft and CNN achieved success despite starting during recessions?

The Change Leadership Organisation believes that for successful change to occur, it takes strong leadership and commitment.

The Executive Roundtable aims to meet these needs and provide a forum to help leaders become effective in driving results that count, increase returns on investment, and create a collective agenda to move Nigeria’s economy forward.

Yvonne Akpoveta, host, Change Leadership, described the ‘The Change Leadership’ as a series of events dedicated to driving positive change in Africa and beyond by empowering leaders and organisations to lead effective and transformational change.

“We believe that everything rises and falls on leadership, and for successful change to take place, it starts with strong leadership”, she said.

‘The Change Leadership’ series is presented by OliveBlue Incorporated, a global Change Management Consultancy and a team of business experts who are skilled in crafting memorable learning and brand experiences.

OliveBlue’s experience and portfolio includes companies such as JP Morgan Chase, British Telecom, Royal Bank of Canada, and GM.