WIEN Woman Podcast: Temilola lays templates on navigating career curves
Sopuruchi Onwuka
As the Women In Energy Network (WIEN) continues to churn out growth strategies for emerging professionals in their various growth journeys, one of the members of the gender equity advocates, Mrs Temilola Achakobe, has laid templates to guide executives that confront changes in roles and settings.
In Episode IV of the popular WIEN Woman Podcast; Mrs Achakobe, who is Senior Business Advisor at Zigma Limited and immediate Past Finance Director of WIEN, shares her journey and the pivotal moments that defined her path.
With B.Sc in Accounting from the University of Lagos and MBA from IESE Barcelona, she is a fellow of Chartered Institute of Accountants Nigeria and has worked in the Oil & Gas Industry for over 20 years.
Mr Achakobe tells show hosts, Mrs Charlotte Essiet and Mrs Rolake Akinkugbe-Filani, that young professionals are bound to experience different calls for an assortment of roles and sometimes in different settings.
She threw in her experiences on weathering the storms that come with job changes, relocations and reassignment of functions. She describes her leap from downstream to upstream segments of the petroleum industry as not just a career move but a transformation. She also takes listeners through the demands, the expectations, and the challenges of navigating the shift.
Fans of the show and other professionals seeking understanding of how to draw opportunities from seeming challenges can listen to the fourth episode of Season II of WIEN Woman Podcast here: https://youtu.be/dXSBFCnG8DI.
Mrs Achakobe fielded deeply searching questions that drew out the best value out of her career experiences in the most candid interaction with her dazzling hosts who are renowned industry analysts with clear understanding of issues and challenges that shroud rising career women in blue jacket work environments.
Mrs Ainkugbe-Filani is the former General Manager & Group Head of Corporate Development and Investor Relations at Zenith Bank Plc. She is also the Director of Research & Strategy at WIEN. Rolake also provides financial intelligence to the boundless audiences in the domestic and global business community who keep dates with her on national television stations and cable networks.
Engr Charlotte Essiet is the Chief Executive Officer of Elint Systems Limited and the immediate past Media and Publicity Director of WIEN. Her deep understanding of the energy industry operations, corporate politics and regulatory issues position her in vanguard of collaborate efforts to compel change.
The WIEN Woman Podcast is part of the advocacy strategies conceived to enable public audience catch up with WIEN on its mentorship and empowerment programmes. The show has clear intention to harness valuable advice from mentors for the guidance of young professionals that still navigate their career journey.
President of WIEN, Mrs. Eyono Fatayi Williams, explains that the goal of the podcast series is to create a space where women in the energy and related sectors can glean ideas, strategies and guidance from the narratives shared by experienced members in order to gain inspiration.
“We believe that by amplifying these voices, we can foster a more inclusive and supportive environment for women in energy.”
According to WIEN’s President, very insightful and suspense packed discussions have been lined up to share the experiences of great and accomplished women who come with inspiration and knowledge in the very entertaining episodes.
The Executive Secretary of WIEN, Engr Asanimo Omezi, explains that the WIEN Woman Podcast series serve as platform to dive into engaging conversations, profound interviews and thought-provoking discourse with leading women professionals and experts in the industry.
Discussions necessarily provide winning strategies for emerging female leaders who confront gender specific challenges in work environments where they suffer gender minority.
WIEN as a gender support base remains fully committed to propel the advancement of women in the energy industry and promoting diversity and inclusion though her various programs and initiatives, Engr Omezi stressed.
