WEL presently has a five (5) man board headed by Prince Olu Adegboro as the Chairman. The board has responsibility for Corporate Governance and setting broad policy and strategic direction for the company. The members of the board as at 14th February 2019 are as follows:
MANAGING DIRECTOR
Mr Yemi Ejidiran had his first degree in Quantity Surveying and a Master’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Ilorin. He is a Fellow of the Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors, Associate Member of the Nigerian Institute of Management and a member of the Quantity Surveyors Registration Board of Nigeria. He is a certified Project Management Professional.
CHAIRMAN
Prince Emmanuel Oluwole Adegboro is Chairman of Wemabod Estates Limited and the Director representing Ondo State on the Board of Wemabod Estates Limited. Prince Adegboro holds a Bachelor of Arts degree and a Masters in Public Administration. He attended prestigious institutions like The Federal Polytechnic, Akure ( now in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State) and the University of Ife(Now Obafemi Awolowo University). He served the nation in his capacity as a commissioned officer of the Nigerian Army and retired from the military as a captain in 1978, from where he went into active Politics.
DIRECTOR
Ayo Afolabi studied Management Studies at Yaba College of Technology, Lagos, holds a Diploma of the British Institute of Marketing and a Masters Degree in Communication Arts (MCA) from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. He is a member of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations and the British Institute of Marketing.
DIRECTOR
An Economist, Corporate Strategic Planning and Business Development Expert, Dr Adebayo Adewusi who attended the University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University) graduated with a First Class Honours in Economics and carted home three distinguished awards and prizes upon graduation, He later obtained his M.sc degree with distinction from the same University before proceeding to Japan where he obtained his PhD in International Monetary Economics from the Keio University Tokyo in 1993, as a Monbusho Scholar. Dr Adewusi on return to Nigeria also obtained his Bachelor of Law(LLB) Degree from University of Lagos in the year 2000.
DIRECTOR
Oluwaropo Adesanya studied Physical Health Education at the University if Ibadan<br /> His experience spans within both the Public and Private sectors, which includes, Vice Chairman of Gbonyin Local Government Area, Ekiti State, Euro Plan Commodity as Procurement Manager. He has sat on the Board of several companies and public institutions including Corporate Affairs Commission, Federal Polytechnic Ede, both as Chairman. He was also a ministerial nominee at some point in his political career.<br /> He is an avid sports enthusiast<br /> Ropo Adesanya is widely travelled and married with children.
DIRECTOR
Mr. Tope Arowolo, Fellow, Nigeria Association of Technologists in Engineering (FNATE), FIMC, CIVIC, was appointed General Manager Property Development and Management of Odu’a Investment Company Limited on November 1, 2017 . He graduated from the Federal Polytechnic, Bida in 1993 where he studied Civil Engineering. He proceeded to the University of Science and Technology, Rivers state for his Post Graduate Degree in 2005 and also the Federal University of Technology Akure for his Masters in 2017. He also attended The Concrete Technology Institute in South Africa where he obtained another Degree in Concrete Practice and also attended Lafarge University in Paris, France and received the highest honour from the Lafarge Group. He later attended Great place to work Institute in Nigeria.<br /> His Professional career spanning several years has him with stints with Habibu Engineering Construction Limited, Omuna Construction Company Port Harcourt in 199, Jid Construction Limited as the Project , PW Nig Ltd between 2005 to 2007 as Head of Engineering, Grant Properties Limited , Lafarge Africa Plc . He left Lafarge in 2017 and worked at Alphamead Development Company briefly as Head of Programs and JV Developments. He moved to JCDecaux France as Construction Manager Sub-Saharan Africa (No 1 outdoor advertising company in the world) before joining Odua Investment Company Limited.