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Events & Experiences
Conferences, roundtables, workshops, lectures, public engagement events and international programmes, from planning through to delivery and follow-up.
I'm Oluwatobi Folasade Balogun, a communications and engagement professional with 10+ years of experience across investment, technology, research, energy and sustainability. I work across strategic and internal communications, stakeholder engagement and programme delivery. I'm also the founder of SustainWyse, exploring how AI can help organisations make better sustainability decisions.
Developing clear communications around organisational priorities, complex ideas, research and change.
Helping people understand strategy, stay connected to organisational priorities and engage with change.
Bringing stakeholders together and managing the events, programmes and activity that turn plans into action.
Exploring how AI can solve real business and sustainability challenges, translating complexity into strategy that organisations can actually act on.
Making sustainability practical, measurable and accessible. From ESG compliance to climate tech, I help organisations move from reporting to real change.
Helping ideas become movements through communication, partnerships and execution, bridging research, policy and the organisations that need to act.
I'm Oluwatobi (Toby) Balogun, a strategic communications and engagement professional, programme leader and founder.
I've spent 10+ years working across investment and venture capital, technology, international organisations, research and the energy sector. My work has included communications, digital strategy, employee engagement, stakeholder engagement, events and programme delivery.
Make complex things clear. Bring people with you. Help good ideas move.
I enjoy working on subjects that are complex, technical or fast-moving, and finding ways to make them easier for different audiences to understand and engage with.
Alongside my professional work, I'm building SustainWyse, a sustainability technology venture exploring how AI can make sustainability reporting and decision-making simpler and more accessible.
I also speak and write about communications, technology, sustainability, leadership and innovation.
What I deliver
My work sits across events, stakeholder engagement, programme delivery and communications, often bringing together people from different organisations, disciplines and markets.
Conferences, roundtables, workshops, lectures, public engagement events and international programmes, from planning through to delivery and follow-up.
Working with researchers, founders, policymakers, government, industry, investors, partners and senior stakeholders to create useful spaces for exchange.
Coordinating people, partners, suppliers, communications, logistics, timelines and reporting across multi-partner and multi-market programmes.
Experience across technology and entrepreneurship, research and energy, sustainability and emerging technology, with a particular interest in AI and responsible innovation.
Selected work
A selection of work that shows the scale, range and environments I’ve worked in, from international research engagement to technology programmes and high-profile public events.
I deliver conferences, lectures, workshops, roundtables and stakeholder programmes across research, government, industry and academia. My work includes senior speaker coordination, event communications, registration, briefing materials, stakeholder management and post-event reporting, alongside international energy research engagement such as RD20.
Delivered approximately five major programmes and 10+ events across Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya and South Africa. Worked with founders, investors, government, business leaders and international partners, while managing programme operations, suppliers, communications and event delivery.
Supported the BBC Governorship Debates across 6+ Nigerian states, the BBC Lagos Office Launch and the Africa Eye Documentary Launch, reaching 5,000+ attendees. Work covered concept, logistics, stakeholder coordination and on-the-day production.
Project managed a West African creative economy programme, coordinating participants, partners, facilitators and programme logistics. The programme successfully graduated and provided grants to 100+ entrepreneurs.
Selected work includes Social Media Week Lagos, the BusinessDay CEO Magazine Launch, Nigeria Oil & Gas Opportunity Fair, Social Good Lagos and African World Heritage Day for Platform Capital.
Building a sustainability intelligence venture exploring how AI can support better sustainability decision-making. It brings a product and technology perspective to my wider work across sustainability, innovation and responsible technology.
Leading strategic events and research engagement for a UKRI-funded national research centre focused on the energy transition, working across researchers, policymakers, industry and wider stakeholders.
Building a sustainability technology venture exploring how AI can make sustainability reporting and decision-making simpler and more accessible.
10+ years spanning communications, digital strategy, stakeholder engagement, research and innovation across the UK, Nigeria and beyond.
My experience has taken me from international organisations and media to investment, technology, research and energy. The common thread is helping people understand ideas, connect with strategy and engage with what comes next.
I speak about the intersection of digital trust, stakeholder engagement, sustainability, technology and innovation, drawing on experience across communications, research, investment and entrepreneurship.
Here are a few examples of my speaking work.
"Whether it’s a strategic communications opportunity, engagement brief, speaking invitation, collaboration or a conversation worth having, I’d love to hear from you."
Based in London · Globally available for communications, engagement, programme and speaking opportunities.