Edniesal Consulting Limted, an enterprise governance and business consultancy firm, has launched an award for Chief Information Officer in Nigeria.
CEO of Edniesal Consulting, Abiola Laseinde, stated the CIO awards were created to serve as a mark of individual and enterprise excellence in Nigeria.
According to the organisers, the awards will recognise outstanding professionals and organisations, who have delivered business values to their organisations and industry at large through the innovative use of technology.
“CIOs have overtime been responsible for delivering top-of-the-line innovation and business value within their organizations while also being at the forefront of decision making and strategic change,” explained Laseinde.
“These classes of business leaders are hardly visible or celebrated in most organizations, but now their role has increased in importance over time as they evolve from information to innovation and leading the digital transformation initiatives.
“In some companies, depending on the organizational culture, they are asked to wear multiple hats of business strategists and change leaders,” he added.
The award is open to top technology leaders within an organisation who have the overall responsibility and control of the IT vision and direction of the company.
The ceremony holds at the prestigious Oriental Hotel Lagos November 26, 2020.
Speaking on how entries for the 2020 CIO awards will be reviewed, Laseinde said: “Entries will be reviewed and evaluated by a team of independent judges (Interim and Grand jurors). These are leaders carefully selected across sectors with expertise in their respective fields.
“Entries from nominees would be reviewed on the basis of business innovation and outstanding leadership. I can assure you that our jurors would especially look out for nominees who are leveraging leading -edge IT practices to produce measurable results.”
