Mashood has over 15 years experience in West Africa Trade & business development. He has worked extensively in the ECOWAS region, dealing in a wide variety of industries, giving him an in-depth & nuanced understanding of the private sector 's interests & logistics issues of regional trade.
Throughout his career,Mr Ilupeju has been responsible for negotiating multi-national trading partnerships while increasing trading volumes & efficiency.Most recently,he has worked as the Head: Exports Business Development for Dangote Group of Flour Mills Plc strategically developing the ECOWAS Sub region for the company 's Brands/Products. Additionally for four years he was the Deputy General Manager -West Africa 🌍 for Drum Commodities,UK based company,where he oversaw the trade of raw sugar,rice & sesame seeds for international Exports & internal regional distribution. Mr Mashood has extensive experience handling warehousing parametres of perishable agricultural products, quality control, custom logistics & transport insurance.
Mashood also worked in Oil 🛢️ & Gas as Head: Lube Exports Marketing & Sales in SSA for Lubcon International, is also a USAID Contract Consultant/Advisor on Private Sector Business for the West Africa Trade Hub (Watradehub), based in Accra - Ghana.Does consult as part time UNIDO Advisor in ECOWAS on Shea Nuts / Butter Supply Chains.