Come interact with Muhtar Bakare as he shares his business and life experiences.
This event is FREE to attend.
Muhtar Bakare is the Managing Director of Pearson Nigeria, a subsidiary of Pearson International which owns the Financial Times and is the largest education business in the world. He joined Pearson in 2012.
Muhtar Bakare is the Managing Director of Pearson Nigeria, a subsidiary of Pearson International which owns the Financial Times and is the largest education business in the world. He joined Pearson in 2012.
He started his career at Citibank Nigeria, where he spent 10 years before joining Trust Bank of Africa (now Sterling Bank) as an Executive Director.
He left banking in 2004 to start a publishing business – Farafina Kachifo Limited and has since published some of the best contemporary Nigerian writers, most notably Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. He has also published African household names such as Biyi Bandele, Ben Okri and Ngugi wa Thiong'o.
Muhtar was Editorial Director as well as Editor of the Editorial Pages of NEXT Newspapers between July 2009 and June 2010.
He is a founding member and a trustee of KOWA Party.
Most recently, Muhtar was an Executive Producer of Half of A Yellow Sun,
the movie adaptation of the best-selling Chimamanda Adichie book by the
same name. The movie premiered in September at the Toronto
International Film Festival and stars international actors Chiwetel Ejiofor and Thandie Newton as well as Nigerian actors Genevieve Nnaji and O.C. Ukeje.
Muhtar has a degree in architecture from the Obafemi Awolowo University.
Venue: BOGOBIRI, 9 Maitama Sule Street, off Raymond Njoku Street, off Awolowo Road Ikoyi, Lagos.
Date: October 26th 2013
Time: 01:00 PM
Date: October 26th 2013
Time: 01:00 PM
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