NASIR JAJERE - CHAIRMAN
Mr. Jajere began his career with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) in the Corporate planning Division (Economic research and intelligence unit). He participated in reviewing secondary data published by government and multi-national agencies and developing policy documents/planning assumptions for corporate planning & strategy in the NNPC.
As cost controller in the Nigerian liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) Ltd, he is responsible for managing and controlling budgets, he has been exposed to world-class business ethics, standards and best practices in ensuring cost effective ways of doing business within a culture of corporate governance, risks assessment and controls.
He has attended trainings at home and abroad acquiring generic competencies in value management, networking & relationship management, analysis & problem solving, HSE, work-load management, commercial orientation, etc and a host of core competences in budget and cost control, contracts and procurements, developing control frameworks, finance policies and procedures and a host of business applications. His core area of interest spans Research, Cost Management/Control, Governance & Risk Management, Project management and Corporate Planning.
He has B.sc Economics from the University of Maiduguri as well as a student member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) London.

Mohammed Babaman Yusuf
Chief Executive Officer - CEO
A seasoned professional with in-depth understanding of Qualitative and Quantitative research techniques, Mohammed possess over a decade of Research and data collection experience. He had acquired vast experience from a plethora of Marketing Research and data collection agencies which include Research International (RI), Research Solution (RSL), Market Research Consultancy (MRC), Research and Marketing services (RMS), Practical Sampling International (PSI), Random House Ltd, Customer Centricity and Noor Synergy.

Within the span of 10 years alone, he has been involved in more than 328 respondents surveys across 29 States for Organizations and institutions including - Federal Ministry of health (FMOH), UNDP, AAIN, POP COUNCIL, NIELSON, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, USP, BBC World Trust Service, MACARTHUR FOUNDATION, USAID, DFID, CDC, WHO, UNAIDS, John Hopkins University, Population Services International (PSI), CBN, BAT, MTN, GLO, Etisalat, Mubadala, Golden penny, Nestle, Coca-cola, Unilever, Cadbury, Intercontinental Bank, Fin Bank among others.

As Head of Research for Noor Synergy, he was responsible for the company’s overall research and
marketing activity including Planning, research design, project management, data analysis and client
management involving several types of research projects ranging from Customer satisfaction surveys
to Usage and Attitude studies, Brand and Image surveys, Price sensitivity studies and Environmental
studies to mention a few.

Mohammed’s versatility also spans across organizational and community development with specific skills in the following areas: training, facilitation, team building and participatory monitoring and evaluation (PM&E).

A trained Economist from Ahmadu Bello University Zaria with background in Business Administration from Kaduna Polytechnic, Yusuf had equally gained professional insight as consultant working with the Research department of the Society for Family Health (SFH) where he was involved in a number of large respondents surveys including Global Fund Malaria Measuring Access and Performance survey (MAP), Global Fund Malaria Data Quality Assessment’s (DQA), ACTwatch for Household & Outlet surveys, and IBBSS among others.

Mustapha Ibrahim.
Chief Operations Officer. COO
A graduate of Economics from the University of Maiduguri. He began his career at the United Bank for Africa (UBA) plc, as member, customer service group, was in charge of E-banking; learning and retraining at Business office level. He rose to be the Cash Officer and later Business Operations Manager. His major achievements were the creation of a seamless transition between all the divisions of his Business Office and the regional office, which created an identification of every role as being capable by every other person which later translated into better efficiency through synergy. He was later at TriSystem Nigeria as Manager, Procurement and services with a responsibility of organizing and maintaining companywide monthly production budgets, contractors’ jobs and supply standards, and the relationship between the company and all its clients nationwide.

 

Esien Kokoete Esiere
Associate Director, Field Services.
A graduate of English Language from the University of Maiduguri, with over ten years Marketing Research experience, he started his research career in the field dept of Research and Marketing Services (RMS) Ltd, and rose to the post of Regional Manager, North East Nigeria where he was the coordinator of Field Operations managing the agency’s Field Operations for key clients including – BAT, MTN, Guinness, UNDP, Shell, Coca-Cola, Unilever, Cadbury, US Department of State, Johns Hopkins University, Unilever, Society for family Health (SFH), Family Health International (FHI), to mention a few.
He has gained wide experience from several research and field agencies, which include Market knowledge & Insight, Market Trends Research Int’l, Random House amongst others.
Today as Associate Director Field services, he coordinates a pool of field professionals dedicated to collecting detailed, complete and accurate information on varied research projects.
Esien’s knowledge and knowhow of the Nigerian research terrain is admirable as he, in the last 10 years alone, has coordinated more than 300 large respondent surveys ranging from 500 to 50,000 samples sizes across Nigeria, including the 2006, 2007, and 2008 Afro barometer survey and the National Crime Victimization Survey, as well as the NBC Coca-Cola Retail Census.