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Mr. Fela Durotoye

Fela DUROTOYE is the Founder/CEO of the GEMSTONE Group, a Leadership Development Institution aimed at building & empowering a generation of exemplary leaders who would be committed to national development as they attain personal & professional excellence.

Fela is an Executive Leadership Coach, a Business Management Consultant, and Inspirational Speaker.

As an Executive Leadership Coach, Fela is renowned for helping leaders attain clarity, around their core essence, vision & mission. As a Business Consultant, he is known to help leadership teams align around a common strategy.

He has a unique command of inspirational leadership that enables even the most successful executives & workforce of organizations aspire to exceed their collective goals greater heights beyond their perceived boundaries of possibilities.

Fela has garnered over 27 years’ experience of coaching CEO's & consulting for organizations to enable them achieve Exponential Business Growth in their Key Performance areas.

The list of corporate clients in the private sector that have been assisted by Fela Durotoye in their quest for phenomenal service leadership culture and corporate transformation management vary through different sectors of the economy.

He is a guest lecturer on LEADERSHIP at the prestigious STANFORD UNIVERSITY- Seed program to CEO’s of businesses with operations across the African Continent.

He presently sits on the board of several companies across the spectrum of Nigerian’s economic space.

However, at the core of his heart, Fela defines himself as a Nation Builder & he has been at the forefront of the movement to build a New Nigeria for over a decade. He is renowned for history making on the national and global stage and is the recipient of several social, industry and national awards for his leadership development and Nation Building activities.

He graduated Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science with Economics, as well as a master's degree in Business Administration (M.B.A).

He also an Alumnus of Kennedy School of Government Executive Education program of the prestigious Harvard University, Boston Massachusetts as well as attended High impact Leadership for a better society Program at the prestigious Yale University, New Haven (Connecticut) and the Future Candidate Program at The Leadership Institute, Arlington (Virginia) all in the United States of America.

He is also a certified leadership coach of the John Maxwell Team.

He is married to Tara, a renowned Beauty Entrepreneur and Chief Executive Officer of the House of Tara International and together, they have 3 sons.

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