Pharmaceutical company, Pfizer, has appointed Oluwayemisi Adekunle as the head of Corporate Affairs and Communications.
Adekunle’s new role follows her departure from SUNU Assurances Nigeria Plc, a member of SUNU Group.
At SUNU Assurances, she was the head of Brand Communications where she spearheaded the rebranding activities of the organisations and brand marketing operations along with team members.
The University of Ilorin graduate is expected to provide strategic and operational leadership at Pfizer.
She will also work with the sub saharan Africa corporate affairs team, Health and Value, commercial and medical teams to increase patients’ access to Pfizer breakthroughs; drive pro-innovation and pro-patient policies; increase corporate reputation, internally and externally; and orchestrate the full spectrum of activities needed to achieve business goals with strict adherence to compliance.
Adekunle is a senior marketing, branding and communications professional with over 20 years of experience in launching products, coordinating branding activities, resolving communication bottlenecks, managing media relations, as well as creating and implementing innovative and forward thinking marketing strategies.
She is also skilled in managing operations, teams, and processes to propel revenue increases and reduce cost while realising enhanced corporate success and productivity.
The new Pfizer spokesperson started her career at The Quadrant Company as media relations executive before joining The Shops Advertising as copy executive and later joined Herald and Times Group as freelance journalist.
She also worked at TBWA\CONCEPT, Insight Marketing and Communications Ltd, Truly An Event, Graceful Heritage Media Limited, Optimal Cancer Care Foundation, ACCION Microfinance Bank Ltd, The Creative Entrepreneurs Association of Nigeria (CEAN), Konga Online Shopping Ltd and SUNU Assurances Nigeria Plc before joining Pfizer.
She holds a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree in English from UNILORIN. Adekunle also did a course in Marketing Communication and Selling Skills from School of Media and Communication, Pan-Atlantic University.
