Three companies within Troyka Holdings Limited, alongside their Vice Chairman and Managing Director cum Chief Executive Officer of Insight Communications, Jimi Awosika were honoured Tuesday, May 5, 2015 at the Brands and Advertising Excellence Awards, organised by Brands and Marketing publication, Marketing Edge.
This is coming barely a month after the Chairman of the conglomerate, Biodun Shobanjo, and Troyka bagged Manager of the Year Award, and Best Enterprise of the Year awards respectively at the International Achievements Forum held by the Europe Business Assembly at the Institute of Directors, Pall Mall, London, United Kingdom.
Insight won the Outstanding Agency of the Year award, while Media Perspectives took home the Outstanding Media Buyer of the year. Other winners within the Troyka Holdings were, Optimum Exposures which won the Outstanding Out-Of-Home Company of the Year award, while Awosika was honoured as the Outstanding Advertising Personality of The Decade.
The event was attended by the crème-de-la-crème in the Marketing Communications Industry, and took place at the Civic Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos.
Awosika, while receiving his award, commended Marketing Edge for recognizing and honoring iconic players and institutions in the Marketing Communications industry, whose contributions to the development of the industry have been legendary.
“I am glad that, the industry has witnessed such tremendous growth and its future is limitless, especially in the Digital age where the world has become a global village,’’ he added.
The award was presented to him by Shobanjo, who himself bagged Marketing Edge’s Brand Personality of Year 2010.
Also honoured at the event were the Founder of STB-McCann, Sir Steve Omojafor (Brand Personality of the Decade Award), Mr. Segun Ogunsanya (CEO Brand Personality of the Decade), Chief Olu Falomo (Outstanding Advertising Icon of the Decade Award), while Sir. (Dr.) Chris Ogbechie, and Mr. Chris Parkes received the Lifetime Marketing Achievement award.
With close to four decades experience in Advertising, Account Management and Strategy. Awosika, incumbent Chairman of the Education committee of the Association of Advertising Agencies of Nigeria, (AAAN), is regarded as a foremost authority in the Nigerian Marketing Communications space.
Troyka Group is made up of companies such as All Seasons, Mediacom, The Quadrant Company, Hot Sauce (Digital Marketing), Black Onyx Properties and Halogen Security.
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