The most important resources any organisation could have is its human capital. At M. El Yakub Investments Limited we have people with excellent academic backgrounds as well as consulting and industrial experiences.

Our key promoters, operatives, and consultants include:

Musbahu A. El Yakub:Mr. M. El Yakub is our Managing Director. He holds a second class upper division BSc (Hons) degree in Physics where he graduated as the second best student in his class; MSc in Nuclear Physics and Master of Business Administration degree, where he graduated as the best overall student. He has worked as a lecturer in one of Nigeria’s premier universities before moving on to the banking industry. He rose to the rank of a Manager/Branch Head before he moved to one of the country’s largest conglomerates as a General Manager. He headed the Strategic Services as well as Import, Clearing and Logistics Units of the conglomerate. He resigned voluntarily to run his private businesses.

In the course of his working career, Mr. El Yakub has been involved in several businesses as a consultant and hands-on senior executive. He has experience in running various businesses in IT trading and IT solutions, as well as in poultry farming, manufacturing, etc. He is passionate about development of small and medium businesses in Nigeria and shares his experience and knowledge via his business blog, www.melyakub.com. Mr. El Yakub is an author, including e-books on starting a business as well as business borrowing.

Mr. Musbahu El Yakub is the Managing Director and Chief Consultant.

Ms. Safiya Adamu Mohammed: Ms. Mohammed is a graduate of BSc. Political Science and also a holder of MSc. in Business Administration and Master of Arts in Community Development. She has worked as a lecturer, administrator and Consultant.  Being passionate about community development, Ms. Mohammed has been engaged in various businesses as well as conducting workshops, trade fairs and exhibition in support of business development in our country.

Ms. Mohammed is one of our promoters and staff training resource.

Mr. Arudi A. Bello is a HND holder in Accounting as well as an Associate of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria. Mr. Bello has worked as Account Officer, Audit Assistant, Audit Manager, etc. In his professional practices, Mr. Bello has covered several industries giving him vast experiences and expertise in business systems. He helps our clients develop systems and control measures necessary for individual businesses and industries.

P. Vasudevan: Mr. P. Vasudevan has MBA qualification in systems from Satyabama School of Management Studies, University of Madras in 2001 and Higher Diploma in Software Engineering in APTECH. Mr. Vasudevan is a Techno-Functional Architect with over 20 years experience in requirement study, application development, IT infrastructure management, MIS, Support and Training in the concept of selling, retail and manufacturing.

He started his career as a Software Developer in 1996 and has held various positions as a Deputy Manager (Systems), Head of IT and General Manager IT in many organizations in India and Nigeria. Mr. Vasudevan is the resource head of our information technology business.

Oriero Oghenekome (Sr. Marketing Executive): Ms. Oriero Oghenekome is a graduate of Accountancy and Finance. An ORACLE certified professional, she is an experienced software and database administrator with over sixteen years working experience to back it up. Ms. Oriero has previously worked in NIIT computer Training Centre as a database administrator and at Softquest Systems Ltd. She was a sales representative in Compiere Software.

Ms. Oriero is currently part of IT resource.

Mr. Peter A. Aderibigbe: Mr. P. Aderibigbe is a graduate holding Library and Information Science and Economics degrees. He thereafter attended several computer and information management courses. Starting from junior levels in the information technology sector, Mr. Aderibigbe stills works hands-on on projects in infrastructure assessment, website design and development, animation, graphics, document management, etc. With over fourteen years experience working with various companies, Mr. Aderibigbe has also worked in marketing, solutions development, customer services, etc. Currently the Chief Technician of our organisation, Mr. Aderibigbe has supervised and successfully launched several IT projects.

In addition to our over sixteen full time staff operating from Lagos, Kano and Abuja, we also draw on several external local associates to provide required services as may be required. We also have foreign partners that support us in providing the level of expertise and professionalism that we need in our areas of activities. These enable us to provide top notch services to our clients as we deliver realistic solutions for our environment as well as knowledge on current best global practices.