Bachelors Degree
Agricultural Economics
Pre-MBA employment industry:
Financial Services
Why did you decide to do an MBA?
Leading the project to launch a cargo airline taught me how to navigate complexity and turn bold ideas into tangible impact. Helping scale a VC-backed company to 200% revenue growth strengthened my ability to inspire diverse teams and deliver results under pressure. However, it was founding a trade-enablement venture that failed because I hesitated to pivot our product strategy that taught me the most. That experience made it clear that I needed to sharpen my strategic thinking, decisive leadership, and negotiation skills. An MBA was not a next step, it was a necessary one.
What is the most significant thing you've learned at Ivey?
The most significant thing I have learned at Ivey is that leadership is not a title, it is a practice. And Ivey gives you real opportunities to practice it.
The experience that brought this to life most vividly was in Leading People and Organizations. We were placed in the role of a Managing Director having a live conversation with a Divisional Head, played by a real actor, about real organizational challenges. The actor was convincing, the pressure was genuine, and there was no script to hide behind. In that moment, everything converged: communication, emotional intelligence, and leadership. It was the closest thing to real executive decision making I have experienced inside a classroom, and it fundamentally shifted how I think about leading people.
The 24 hour accounting report was another defining moment. Analyzing BCE's financial statements, identifying accounting issues, and assessing the MD&A's implications for the company's future prospects, all within 24 hours, was intense. What I remember most is not the analysis. It is the chatting, the eating, the moments of frustration and laughter with my team as the clock ran down. That experience taught me resilience and the ability to stay calm and coordinated under genuine pressure.
Underneath all of it is the learning team. It is the lifeblood of the Ivey experience. The diversity of thought, background, and perspective within my team has taught me things no case study could. It has made me a more empathetic leader, a sharper thinker, and a far better collaborator.
What's been the most surprising aspect of the Ivey MBA journey to date?
The most surprising aspect of the Ivey MBA has been how deeply collaborative the experience is, and how intentional that collaboration is by design.
I came in knowing the case method. My prior exposure at Lagos Business School meant the classroom dynamic was familiar. What I did not anticipate was the learning team. The way it is woven into the very fabric of the program, from case preparation to high pressure deliverables like the 24 hour report, means that you are never just learning alongside your peers, you are learning through them. The diversity of thought, background, and perspective within my team has challenged my assumptions, sharpened my thinking, and made me a more empathetic leader in ways I genuinely did not expect.
What I also did not fully anticipate was the sheer intensity of it all. The Ivey MBA is relentless. The pace does not let up, the cases keep coming, and just when you think you have found your rhythm, there is another deadline. It is humbling in the best and hardest way possible. Nobody warned me quite enough, and I am not sure any warning would have been sufficient.
Ivey in one word or a few words: Please share what your Ivey experience is to you!
Intense!
