About Akin Akinpelu

Dr. Akin Akinpelu is an official member of Forbes Coaches Council, Performance Coach, Development Consultant, author of several books and keynote speaker. His purpose is to discover, develop and deploy people & systems to their full potential. He is the CEO of Akin Akinpelu Learning & Development(AAL&D), an innovative consulting, training and research-driven company demonstrating expertise in the service industry per excellence.

He has consulted for many organizations and addressed more than 700,000 people in talks, training and coaching throughout Nigeria, Ghana, UK, Canada, Finland, Sweden, Estonia, UAE, USA and many other countries worldwide. He has helped to facilitate development projects, sister city collaboration and public-private partnership & cooperation amongst communities.

Dr. Akin Akinpelu speaks to governments, corporate and public audiences & campuses on subjects that bring about immediate changes and long-term results. He has consulted for Guaranty Trust Bank, Stanbic IBTC, 9PSB, Lagos State Government, Osun State Government, African Leadership Academy, Fifth Gear Consulting, and Speakers Academy amongst others. He has addressed epoch-making events with the United State Consulate office, Professional business gatherings of DUBAI ,Martin Luther King Jr Day etc

His quest for knowledge poise is his trademark as he holds a Master’s degree; an MBA from one of the top 2 best universities in Africa, the University of Lagos, and proceeded for a Ph.D. in Educational Leadership from Trident University, the USA & a second Doctorate in Strategic Leadership – Honoris Causa from Myles Leadership University in which all these rest on the bedrock of a Bachelors of Sciences.

His  all-rounded knowledge from years of professional experience enabled him to serve as a project director for Volunteer Corps which under his leadership coordinated different projects across different states & demography in Nigeria to reach out to over 20,000 Students. In contrast to his educational pursuit and passion for reforming the traditional learning system, Akin has served in key positions on several boards which include being the CEO and Director of Erudio Hub, Partner; OARD, Partner for TC Resource Technology in the United Kingdom with partnership system from Amazon, Google, MySQL, Tableau and APM which is a united body of project professionals.

He also serves as a key Speaker/Trainer for developmental learning boot camp, soft skills and School transformation exercises. He is an invited scholar and lecturer at the prestigious Eudoracity Business School where he’s both a visiting lecturer and faculty member, Faculty member of Yadaversity which focuses on Blended and Experiential learning for young African leaders. He has been part of the ongoing reformation in the educational sector of Nigeria.

He is active in the Coaching community in Africa and nation-building.

He has been endorsed by global figures like BrianTracy, John C Maxwell, Scott Gerber and many others.