Dr Funke Medun is a World Bank business development support (BDS) services consultant, a licensed HR practitioner, an international development consultant, a scholar-practitioner, and a seasoned professional with several years of experience in banking, consulting, research, human resources, training, executive coaching, job creation, employability, entrepreneurship, and MSMEs sector development. She had experience in the banking sector working with top banks in Nigeria before joining the consulting industry. She possesses a broad and deep technical knowledge in developing, supporting, and managing corporate & middle-market businesses and projects. She is a BDS provider for the World Bank Growth & Employment (GEM) project, Bank of Industry (BOI) Nigeria, FGN YouWin Project, Small & Medium Enterprise Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN), and Lagos State Employment Trust Fund (LSETF), a certified UNIDO HP-LIFE trainer, Leapworld/United States African Development Foundation (USADF)/LSETF employability program lead consultant, an international academic journal reviewer with the International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS) and RSIS International journals, amongst others. Funke has a Bachelor of Science degree in Geology, a Master in business administration (MBA) from Lagos Business School (LBS) Pan-Atlantic University, and a Doctorate degree from Paris School of Business (PSB), Paris, France. She is an author, a researcher, a development research fellow, a member of the Chartered Institute of Directors (MCIoD), a member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management (MCIPM), a Fellow Chartered Institute of Public Administrators (FCPA), a life member of women in business & public service (WIMBIZ), and a United State Government Exchange Program -Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) Alumna. Funke sits as an Independent Non Executive Director on the board of Proshare, served as the same on the board of Sunshine Foods Concept Production Limited (SFCPL) a public private partnership (PPP), a few other organizations and strategic committees, and she is the pioneer president of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management (CIPM) Members’ Cooperative Multipurpose Society and currently serve in that role.