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Our Team

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Meet Our Team

Mr. Olajuwon Sowande

Co-founder and Project Director

Olajuwon Sowande is the Co-founder and Chairman of Your Pinnacle Global Initiative, who has a passion for Mental health and Humanities Well-Being. With an astonishing education background and a talented Manager with over 15 years of professional customer service experience with the last ten years focused on consultancy and project management. He has a proven track record of delivering successful projects and first-class support to all his clients as his focus is delivering strong financial results, cost saving strategies, process streamlining, and resource management.

In addition to his extensive experience in managing businesses and projects, he has also completed software testing engineering courses. Olajuwon Sowande has also completed an accredited course in property management and real estate brokerage. With over a decade of experience in the public sector, taking on variety of roles as a customer service manager, site engineer, and project director, he has partnered with Calvary properties as a Director to fulfil the needs of property owners and investors in the North Manchester area, by providing customer services that ensure the needs of both the landlord and renters are catered to. Olajuwon is known for being a change and solution agent, problem solver, effective communicator, relationship builder, thoughtful leader, a spiritual counsellor and a motivational speaker.

Education

  • University of Salford – MSc. Petroleum and Gas Engineering
  • Adekunle Ajasin University Nigeria – BSc. Hons Geology
  • Federal Polytechnic, Ekiti State Nigeria – HND Mechanical Engineering

Maria Edunsin is a qualified and registered Counsellor and Psychotherapist in the United Kingdom and Nigeria.

Miss Maria Edunsin

Founder and CEO

Maria Edunsin – Chief Executive Officer, also a co-founder. A graduate of Counselling and Psychotherapy from the University of Salford, United Kingdom with BSc. (Hons.). Also has a CACHE Certificate in Children and Young People’s Workforce from The Manchester College. Maria is passionate about humanity, mental health and psychological well-being and with her experience as a Counsellor and support of the Board of Directors will lead and deliver the strategic vision and objectives of YPGI.

Education

  • The University of Manchester – PG Cert: Primary Mental Health Care (A pathway of the Advanced Practice Interventions for Mental Health programme) – Ongoing
  • University of Salford BSc (Hons) – Counselling and Psychotherapy: Professional practice.
  • The Manchester College (HNC) – Diploma in Health and Social Care.
  • The Manchester College – Diploma in Public Sector Professions.
  • The Manchester College – CACHE Certificate in Children and Young People’s Workforce.

 Professional Training & Work Experience

  • Trainee Psychological Well-Being Practitioner
  • School Counsellor
  • Counselling services
  • Mental health support worker
  • Adult and elderly – Palliative and domiciliary care
  • Complex needs and learning disability support worker (adult and children)
  • Children and youth – Domiciliary care
  • Healthcare assistant
  • Domiciliary care in nursing homes and residential care
  • Special needs (Autism and Down’s syndrome) support worker
  • Teaching Assistant
  • Nursery assistant
  • Spiritual Counsellor

mr. joseph edunsin

Creative Media Director

A passion & media enthusiast for fresh and original creative solutions combined with a level headed and rational approach has led an impressive portfolio of creative projects. A hands on approach to the entire creative process means that each project is curated with the utmost attention from inception to final delivery. Vast technical expertise, a robust work ethic, and effective team collaboration and leadership are all essential components to success in content creation. As a skilled professional with more than eight years of experience leading creative & media projects.

mr Ojuolape Olabode

Assistant Project Coordinator

Ojuolape Olabode is a certified counselling psychologist and psychometrician with practical experience of over five years. Presently he is into his PhD program in Guidance and Counselling (Test and measurements) at the premier University, The University of Ibadan. He is a member of Counselling Association of Nigeria (CASSON), Positive Psychology of Nigeria (POPAN) and Association of Behavioural Research Analysts and Psychometrician (AB-REAP). He is a researcher who already published nine (9) papers and he is privilege to practice with professional bodies as a counselling psychologist, researcher and psychometrician. These have helped him to master and put into practice different counselling skills.

Education
University of Ibadan-Ph.D Guidance and Counselling / Test and Measurement

University of Ibadan- M.ED Guidance and Counseling/Assessment and Testing

Ekiti State University- B.Ed – Guidance and Counselling/Economics

Emmanuel Alayande College of Education- NCE Certificate in Education- Business Education

miss aduragbemi iluyomade

Human Resources

A chemical engineering graduate from the University of Strathclyde with a focus on renewable energy and green technology during her time there. Aduragbemi Iluyomade is an avid learner and problem solver with a passion for improving the world around her. At her core, she is a strong believer in focusing on the future and making a difference and she has shown this by volunteering, raising awareness and funds for charities and causes dear to her.

She brings skills gained over a decade of working experience and a passion like no other to Your Pinnacle Global Initiative. She strongly believes and lives by this Denzel Washington quote “At the end of the day, it’s not about what you have or even what you’ve accomplished. It’s about what you’ve done with those accomplishments. It’s about who you’ve lifted up, who you’ve made better. It’s about what you’ve given back.