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Akin Soetan

Akin Soetan

Minister Counsellor

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  • About me

    Senior Technical Assistant on Development and Public Policy, Office of the Vice President, Nigeria.

  • Education

    • University of Ife

      1983 - 1985
      MSc International Relations

    • The Polytechnic, Ibadan

      1976 - 1978

    • The Open University

      2010 - 2013
      Master in Business Administration (MBA)

    • University of Lagos

      1978 - 1981
      BSc Political Science

    • The Fletcher School at Tufts University

      2000 - 2001
      MA International Affairs

  • Experience

    • Nigerian Foreign Service

      Jan 1983 - Jan 2003
      Minister Counsellor

      I worked as a diplomat in countries such as Zambia (1988-92), South Korea (1998-2003) and served on the United Nations Observer Mission to South Africa (UNOMSA) in 1994. I was Secretary of the Monitoring group of the OAU Ad Hoc Committee on Southern Africa based in Zambia (1990-1992).

    • Cranfield University School of Management

      Jan 2005 - Jan 2008
      Business Development Manager

      Information systems focussed learning & development solutions for organisations

    • Milton Keynes Equality Council

      Jan 2007 - Jan 2009
      Chair

    • The Open University

      Jan 2010 - Jan 2013

      Strategic partnership management, stakeholder engagement and management; strategy formulation and development; project management. I managed the Open University's strategic partnership with Unionlearn, the education wing of the Trade Union Congress (TUC) which provided a channel to the education departments of 52 trade union organisations and to 7 million union members across the UK

      • Partnership Manager

        Mar 2012 - Jan 2013

      • Business Development Manager

        Jan 2010 - Mar 2012

    • Fieldcross Services Ltd

      Jan 2013 - now
      Director

      Fieldcross Services Ltd provides project management, grant application and fundraising consultancy services to voluntary sector organisations as well as company formation services to social enterprises.

    • Milton Keynes Equality Council

      Mar 2013 - now
      Project Manager / Consultant, Healthy Lifestyle Champions project

      Applying PRINCE2 project management principles, processes and themes to a non-NHS public health intervention project funded by Big Lottery.

    • Buckinghamshire County Council

      Sept 2015 - now
      Lead Project Officer

      Client side project management of the Stocklake Link Road Highway Development Scheme, a strategic project for the growth and development of the East of Aylesbury. The project is run under a NEC3 ECC contract while keeping within PRINCE2 framework, themes and principles. Love it!

    • Equality Council UK

      Oct 2017 - now

      • Director of Strategy & Business Planning

        Oct 2017 - now

      • Director of Strategy & Business Planning

        Oct 2017 - now

    • Office of the Vice President, The Presidency, Nigeria.

      Sept 2019 - now
      Senior Technical Assistant to the President on Economic Matters

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • PRINCE2 Practitioner Certificate

      PEOPLECERT
      Feb 2014