Anthony Chiejina, group head of corporate communications, Dangote Group, has been named among the world’s most influential communications and marketing executives by global PR firm, Provoke Media.
Chiejina’s inclusion in the prestigious “100 Most Influential” list underscores his significant impact on the communications landscape and his contributions to the success of the Dangote Group.
The Influential 100 is Provoke Media’s annual compilation of the most influential in-house communicators around the world: the chief communications officers and chief marketing officers who have the most clout in terms of their voice, the status of the companies they work for, and the PR agency hiring decisions they make.
According to Provoke, corporations and brands continue to face intense consumer, media, and stakeholder scrutiny against the permacrisis backdrop of major geopolitical, economic, societal, cultural, and environmental upheaval around the world and pointed out that the time for brands’ handlers to display strengths is when the heat is on.
Provoke Media as a rating platform has consistently been endorsed as a credible brand that is committed to excellence and transparency.
Chiejina made the list alongside Zenia Mucha, chief brand & communications officer, TikTok; Vanessa Broadhurst, EVP, global corporate affairs, Johnson & Johnson; Valerie Tan, SVP corporate communications, CSR & media, Emirates; Steve John, chief communications & brand officer, HSBC; Sally Susman, EVP, chief corporate affairs officer, Pfizer, and Sandy Rodriguez, global chief communications officer, McDonalds.
Also on the list are Abhinav Kumar, global chief marketing officer, TCS; AJ Jones, EVP, chief corporate affairs officer, Starbucks; Alex Aiken, communications advisor, UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Allyson Park, chief communications officer, Walmart, among others.
The promoters have also indicated that the honour list consists 28 percent European leaders, (including 11 percent from the dominant regional UK market), and 10 percent from the Middle East and North Africa. The PR firm said that overall, 20 countries were represented in the 2024 data, demonstrating the global reach and power of the communications industry.
Considering the success Chiejina has made out of many brands over the years, his recognition as one of the “100 most influential communications and marketing executives in the world 2024” didn’t come as a surprise to many.
Anthony Chiejina graduated from the University of Lagos in 1981 with a B.Sc (Hons) Degree in Mass Communication (Second Class Upper). He has thereafter bagged various other academic degrees, including an M.Sc in Industrial Relations & Personnel Management, from the University of Lagos (1984), an M.A. in Organisational Analysis & Behaviour, from the University of Lancaster, UK (1988), and an M.A. Development Studies, Institute of Social Studies (ISS), The Hague, Netherlands (1994).
He served as associate editor & deputy editor of African Economic Digest, London, and African Concord, Lagos. He has worked with Zenith Bank Plc as assistant general manager, and Oceanic Bank International Plc, as deputy general manager, where he was the group head of corporate communications.
As the group chief branding and communications officer, at Dangote Industries, he oversees all communications strategies across business units and pan-African operations
Source: Business Day
