Philip Consulting appoints new helmsman

The Chairman of the Phillips Consulting group, Mr. Foluso Phillips, has presented to the Nigerian Business Community the new Managing Director of the firm, Mr. Robert Taiwo, who has been overseeing its affairs since the beginning of the year.

He did this during a breakfast summit hosted by the Nigeria-South Africa Chamber of Commerce in Lagos.

Rob Taiwo, a qualified lawyer with an MBA in Strategy and Change Management from Warwick Business School, started his career in Investment Banking spending 7 years at Commerzbank AG in the City of London.

Thereafter, Robert moved to Capgemini Consulting to help build their Financial Services business in the UK. As a consultant, he led numerous high-profile assignments for FTSE 100 companies, leading multinationals and the British Government. Robert Taiwo has consulted for HSBC, Bank of Ireland, British Petroleum, SAB Miller, British American Tobacco, Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs, Department for Works & Pensions, The UK Cabinet Office, The Lagos State Government, The Commonwealth Secretariat, Diageo (Guiness Nigeria) amongst others.

Robert, since taking the reign of leadership, has designed and managed the transformation initiatives taking place at Phillips Consulting and revised the firm’s strategy for the future. As part of this transformation, the firm has changed its brand identity.

Whilst Mr. Foluso Phillips, the firm’s Group Chairman, one-time Chairman of the Nigerian Economic Summit Group and current Chairman of the Nigeria South Africa Chamber of Commerce, has rapidly stepped down from the operational activities of the firm. He will continue to see to the internal development of the firm’s consultants and focus on executive capacity building and mentoring.

According to Mr. Philips, “We are quite excited at this new phase in the life of our 26 year old firm. It is personally refreshing for me, to see my vision of building a sustainable institution to outlive us all, becoming a reality. With Rob at the helm of affairs and his redefinition of the firm as personified by a simple but refreshed brand image, I feel that a new generation is being truly born at Phillips Consulting. I believe there are exciting times ahead for us and our innumerable clients.”

Mr. Robert Taiwo explained the new definition of the firm, where its major service offerings will be in Strategy and Operations Transformation, Digital and Technology Consulting and People Transformation. Taiwo reiterated that “At Phillips Consulting, we are inspired by the challenge of transformation and passionate about the power of people. We have a people focused approach to driving organisational transformation and have been doing this since the inception of the firm. Now we are going to take it to another level.”

Phillips Consulting Limited is a leading provider of transformation, technology and outsourcing services.