The Board of TVC Communications, house owners of TVC Information, TVC Leisure channel, Max FM and Adaba FM, has at the moment introduced that its CEO and Managing Director, Mr Andrew Hanlon, is standing down after seven profitable years main certainly one of Nigeria’s largest media firms.
Since becoming a member of in 2017, Mr Hanlon has overseen vital organisational, infrastructural, and financial modifications on the broadcaster together with, delivering viewers progress of 330% throughout all TV, radio and social media channels from a every day viewers of 5.3 million viewers, listeners and readers to 23 million by December 2023, along with substantial working price and income enhancements, bringing the corporate to profitability in that point.
He’ll step down from his position on April thirtieth 2024.
Paying tribute to Mr Hanlon, the Chairman of the Board of Continental Broadcasting Providers Ltd. (house owners of TVC Communications) Mr Kehinde Durosinmi-Etti mentioned:
“When Andrew joined us as Group CEO he was like a breath of contemporary air and the lacking hyperlink we would have liked. He introduced his huge expertise of 30+ years within the broadcasting enterprise to bear and turned the fortunes of the group round and made it very worthwhile. His consideration to element and his proactive organisational expertise ensured that the standard of our programmes and scores improved exponentially and we turned one of many greatest and most revered TV information stations and broadcast companies in Nigeria. Andrew additionally demonstrated robust dedication to our 500 employees by enhancing pay, circumstances, and normal welfare by being licensed twice as a Nice Place to Work, making TVC Communications certainly one of Nigeria’s finest employers.
Andrew has set a really excessive bar and will likely be changed by our present Deputy Chief Monetary Officer, Mrs Victoria Ajayi, who has confirmed to be regular and dependable and must make sure that we hold transferring ahead seamlessly”
Commenting on his determination to step down as CEO & Managing Director, Andrew Hanlon mentioned:
“It has been a privilege and an honour to have led TVC Communications over the previous seven years having labored with so many gifted and devoted employees.
We achieved nice issues as a crew together with the relaunch of our two TV channels, the creation of MAX FM radio in Lagos and Abuja and the launch of our social media platforms, which collectively, led to vital viewers and income progress. I want to thank the Board of the corporate for his or her unstinting help, and particularly, the Chairman of the Board, Mr Kehinde Durosinmi-Etti, for his steering and encouragement. I additionally want to categorical my appreciation to my senior administration groups through the years who labored tirelessly with me to assist obtain our targets and aspirations.
I want additionally to pay particular tribute to Mr Ronan Redmond, our Business Director, who can even step down on April thirtieth, after serving with us since 2017. He’s, with out query, among the best strategic media income specialists in our sector and I’m grateful to him for producing excellent income outcomes yearly and for his help to me personally.
Lastly, I’m delighted that our Deputy Chief Monetary Officer, Mrs Victoria Ajayi, will now take over the operating of the corporate and convey it to even better success. Except for being a really gifted chartered accountant, she has an in-depth information of our enterprise and a need to proceed the pathway to progress and improvement. I imagine she can even be the one feminine to run a nationwide media firm in Nigeria right now which inserts seamlessly with our core values of selling gifted girls within the office.
Incoming Group CEO and MD, Mrs Victoria Ajayi mentioned:
I’m deeply honoured and humbled to simply accept the place of Group MD /CEO at TVC Communications. I wish to categorical my honest gratitude to each member of the board for entrusting me with this unimaginable alternative to guide our organisation into its subsequent chapter of progress and success.
Over the previous decade, I’ve had the privilege of serving within the firm in several capacities which led to my final position as Deputy CFO, the place I’ve been supporting our outgoing CEO in navigating the complexities of our business and driving our firm ahead. It has been a journey crammed with challenges and triumphs, and I’m immensely pleased with the important thing achievements we’ve got completed collectively, and I sit up for driving the corporate to better heights and success.”
Along with my in depth expertise in strategic administration, I deliver a powerful instructional background that enhances my skilled experience. As a Fellow of ACCA with an MBA from IESE Enterprise Faculty, I include a singular mix of experience in not simply finance however management capabilities that may drive enterprise progress. Equally, as a member of the Institute of Administrators and The Society for Company Governance, Nigeria, I’m dedicated to upholding the best requirements of company governance and moral management in our organisation. Having participated in programmes at prestigious establishments equivalent to Cambridge Choose Enterprise Faculty, Harvard Enterprise Faculty, and BBC, I’m totally dedicated to constructing upon our previous successes and main our firm to new heights of innovation, resilience, and prosperity. With the help of our gifted crew and the steering of the board, I’m assured that we’ll proceed to be a frontrunner within the media and broadcast business.
About TVC Communications
TVC Communications is a privately owned, multi-platform, nationwide and worldwide full-service media group established in 2007 and headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria using over 500 employees with workplaces unfold throughout Nigeria.TVC wholly owns and operates a free-to-air / DTT normal leisure TV channel, (TVC) a 24-hour DTT/DTH nationwide information channel (TVC Information) and three native FM radio stations (Max FM & Adaba FM) TVC has a mixed viewers of over 20 million individuals each day.
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Edward Akintara
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TVC Communications
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