Ayeni is a member of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations UK (CIPR), Public Relations Consultant Association of Nigeria (PRCAN), Public Relations Consultants Association (PRCA), Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) and the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA).

He is a committee member of the Scotland Chapter of CIPR, a council member of the PRCA, and a fellow of the National Institute of Marketing of Nigeria (NIMN).

He founded the international public relations company BHM in 2006. He has led the company to become one of the most successful communications companies out of Africa, with revenue of over £5 million and combined staff strength of almost 100.

BHM works for Coca Cola, Heineken/Nigerian Breweries PLC, MTN Nigeria Communications PLC, MultiChoice/DSTV, Reckitt Benckiser, Cars45, First City Monument Bank, and many others.

He is also the founder of ID Africa, and marketing tech startup Plaqad.

Stephen Waddington is a business advisor and troubleshooter who helps organisations with planning, strategic decision making and execution. He is the Founder and Managing Partner of Wadds Inc., a professional advisory firm, working with agencies and communication teams.

Stephen was previously managing director at Metia Group (2019 and 2020), an international digital marketing agency. It creates high performance campaigns using research, content, demand and earned media. His clients included Amazon, BMW, Capita, Salesforce and Microsoft.

He was Chief Engagement Officer at Ketchum (2012 to 2018), an Omnicom-owned agency, responsible for driving the integration of digital and social capabilities in client engagements across the agency’s international network. He provided lead senior counsel on integrated global accounts including IBM, IKEA and Phillips.

His role at Ketchum included change agent, ambassador and thought leader for the agency on modern forms of engagement and public relations practice. This included leveraging tools, resources and best practice from across the global network for all client engagements.

Stephen has held the role of Visiting Professor in Practice at Newcastle University since 2015, supporting the university and students through teaching and mentoring. He is also an external examiner for the CIPR, the UK professional body for PR practitioners.

Stephen is the co-editor with Ralph Tench of the fifth edition of Exploring PR, the definitive book on PR theory and practice, due to be published by Pearson in 2021. He is co-author of #BrandVandals (Bloomsbury, November 2013) and Brand Anarchy (Bloomsbury, February 2012), plus editor and contributor to Platinum (CIPR, September 2018), Share This (Wiley, July 2012) and Share This Too (Wiley, September 2013); in addition to editor of Chartered Public Relations: Lessons from Expert Practitioners (Kogan Page, February 2015).

He was President of the CIPR in 2014, during which time he helped return the organisation to its roots of professionalism as set out in its Royal Charter. He is the former chairman of its Artificial Intelligence panel and Social Media panel. The two groups have led the characterisation of the impact of machines and social media on marketing and PR practice, the media and conversation in the public sphere.

Stephen originally trained as a journalist before following a career in public relations. He co-founded, managed and sold two award-winning public relations agencies, Rainier PR in 1998 and Speed in 2009.

At Speed, Stephen led the merger of three public relations agencies to develop a modern proposition, service model and workflow. Clients included The Associated Press, Optical Express, The Economist, Symantec, uSwitch for Business and Virgin Media Business. Rainier PR was a technology PR agency founded in 1998 focussed on technology expertise and a senior client service model. Clients included ARM, ntl (now Virgin Media Business), Intel and Toshiba.

Stephen is a Chartered PR Practitioner, a CIPR Fellow (Hon), a Fellow of the PRCA, a Certified Member of the IoIC and member of the IPRA.

Dotun is an Entrepreneur, Business Leader, and Management Scholar with over 15 years of experience in Human Resource Management, Operations Management, and Education. Her career spans various industries in both the private and public sectors across multiple countries.

As a Non-executive Director & People Consultant, Dotun advises BHM UK on Leadership Strategy, Talent Management, People Analytics, Research Development, and Digital Transformation.

Dotun earned her PhD in Management (Summa Cum Laude) from the University of Edinburgh, where her thesis focused on the contextual issues shaping the negotiation and management of personalised non-standard work arrangements between high-value employees and their employers. Additionally, Dotun holds a Master’s in International Human Resource Management (With Distinction) from the University of Edinburgh, a Master’s in Managerial Psychology from the University of Lagos, and a Bachelor’s in European Studies from the University of Ibadan.

Within the higher education sector, Dotun has taught various management topics, including Global Talent Management, HRM Practice Transfer, International Assignments, Employer Branding, Organisational Culture Transformation, Global Talent Acquisition, and Equality, Diversity & inclusion. Her research and insights have been published in respected outlets such as the CIPD UK, The Academy of Management, The Guardian, Business Day, and Group & Organization Management.

Dotun is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy in the United Kingdom, a Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) UK, and a Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management (CIPM) Nigeria. She is also a member of the Academy of Management in the United States, the European Association of Work and Organisational Psychology, and the British Academy of Management.