When in March 2022, Dr. Tinuade Sanda was appointed the substantive MD/CEO of Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC), her emergence was greeted with mixed feelings. As a female professional who had built a long and established career in corporate finance and administration, many had expressed eagerness to see what this reputed change-maker would do at the helm of affairs of such a behemoth in a very challenging energy industry.
Indeed, it was a very huge responsibility and a big job for Dr. Sanda. Yet, her one-year record in the saddle of EKEDC has been nothing short of phenomenal. Leadership has been the force that propels meaningful change. Today, Dr. Sanda embodies this truth.
On the evidence of her one-year record, it is abundantly clear that she has provided an adequate enough response to all the curious minds. Upon assuming office, Dr. Sanda took off on the right note by developing and launching her service philosophy encapsulated by her Mission Possible Mantra. This mantra revealed her mindset towards corporate leadership and growth. She understood that one’s team needed to be galvanised and inspired by a shared philosophy.
All these were part of her innovation-based integrated reform plan. A flurry of activities followed, and the results were peerless. In just some months under her leadership, EKEDC recorded its highest levels of power distribution to its customers, highest collection ever, and its lowest ever losses including substantial reduction in work-related accidents.
For Dr. Sanda, the first 360 days have been an unprecedented activity and result-packed period in the life of EKEDC. She is said to be fully geared to continue shattering all the glasses as the first female CEO of the leading energy distribution company.