Charles Ogunwuyi 2025 Speaker

“Charles Ogunwuyi is a global business leader with more than 25 years of catalytic leadership, spanning international and multinational experience across automotive, consumer goods, telecommunications, financial services, and pharmaceuticals. Renowned for his strategic vision and ability to navigate complex business landscapes, Charles has consistently driven operational excellence, sustainable growth, and substantial shareholder value in both emerging and developed markets worldwide.

As Founder & CEO of Sygen Pharmaceutical Limited, Charles successfully led the acquisition of Nigerian German Chemicals Plc, a 60-year-old legacy company, and transformed it into a key player in the branded generics market. Under his leadership, Sygen has advanced innovation, strengthened market presence, and built a reputation for delivering high-quality healthcare solutions.

Before establishing Sygen, Charles served as Partner and Chief Operating Officer at Coronation Capital, where he oversaw portfolio transformations, spearheaded successful fundraising, and drove post-acquisition value creation initiatives. During his tenure as Director of Retail Business at Etisalat Nigeria, he delivered significant revenue growth, expanded the customer base, and enhanced the company’s retail presence nationwide.

His multinational career also includes pivotal leadership roles at Diageo Plc and Ford Motor Company, where he led major strategic and business transformation initiatives that resulted in operational efficiencies, market growth, and enhanced competitiveness.
Widely recognized as a business transformation architect, Charles excels in building highperformance cultures, developing strong leadership teams, and guiding organizations through complex restructurings, growth accelerations, and market expansions. His expertise spans customer and market growth strategies, mergers and acquisitions, global operations management, customer experience innovation, and technology-driven business models.

Charles is a Moore Fellow and holds an M.S. in Management & Technology from the University of Pennsylvania, an MBA from Cornell University, an M.S. in Computer & Information Systems from the University of Detroit-Mercy, and a B.Sc. in Economics from Obafemi Awolowo
University, Nigeria.”