Almak Media appoints Aliu Akoshile as CEO
Almak Media Limited, an integrated marketing communication firm, has announced the appointment of Aliu Akoshile as Chief Executive Officer.
The appointment, which took effect from August 1, 2018 is to position the media specialist company for strategic growth and realization of its mission to offer innovative marketing communication solutions that create and transform brands.
Akoshile started his journalism career with SUNDAY TIMES in 1986 and in over three decades he has traversed the gamut of integrated media communication as a reporter, associate editor, editor-inchief, PR and communications head of a commercial bank, and media executive in charge of business development and brand strategy.
He was until now the Associate Director, Business of Media Trust Limited, publishers of DAILY TRUST newspapers, where he served for nearly 11 years and led teams that successfully executed customer-centric products development, brand innovations, creative marketing, special sales, commercial printing, events planning and activation, and international stakeholders’ relationships.
Akoshile holds a B. Sc. degree in Mass Communication from University of Lagos and M. Sc. degree in International Relations & Strategic Studies from the University of Jos. He has attended leadership training on strategic management at the University of Oxford, UK; Howard University School of Business, Washington DC; and the Lagos Business School/Pan African University.
A consummate professional, Akoshile is a member of the Nigerian Institute of Management, NIM; Nigerian Institute of Public Relations, NIPR; and a registered practitioner of advertising certified by the Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria, APCON.