Described as a VERY DYNAMIC SPEAKER, Benjamin Ola. Akande, Nigerian born American citizen is the dean of the School of Business and Technology at Webster University, a position he has held since 2000.  As the chief academic officer of the 15,000 student business school, he presides over 2,300 global faculty worldwide, spanning 107 campuses .  Dean Akande holds a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Oklahoma and post doctoral studies at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.  

Dean Akande is a highly sought after speaker renowned for his powerful delivery style and his ability to connect intimately with his audience.  His topics of interest are:  Leadership and Transformation, Leading through Storytelling, My American Journey and The Power of Networking.  He is a featured speaker at some of the nation’s top annual corporate meetings.        

Dean Akande has served as consultant to major corporations including Rent-A-Car, the largest leasing company in American.  In addition, he also consults with Anheuser Busch Companies at the leadership level.  Past consulting include Boeing Corporation, Bank of American and other multinational companies in the United States and in Europe.  

Described as a force of nature, he is intellectually curious, filled with ideas and his energy is electric.  He is an intellectual architect, a dreamer, designer and a quick-to-market executor.  Relatively few leaders in America truly get the “vision” thing right.  Many can identify a future for their organizations, but only a small number appear to be able to see around corners and discern a beacon of hope towards which they can lead their organization into this future.  Dean Benjamin Akande will tell you that he is passionately subscribes to the notion of constructive impatience.