Stanbic IBTC Pension Managers Spearheads Empowerment and Development for Nigerian Women

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Stanbic IBTC Pension Managers, asubsidiary of Stanbic IBTC Holdings PLC, recently held a webinar aimed atencouraging women empowerment and development in Nigeria.

The event themed LATTES (Ladies Atthe Table Empowerment Series) was designed to furnish women with the requiredinformation to enable them to succeed in their businesses, careers,relationships and homes.

The inaugural LATTES session themed: 'BalancingCareer Success, and Personal Wellness' featured a HumanResource expert as well as a wellness specialist who shared tips on work-lifebalance and healthy living respectively.

The Executive Director, BusinessDevelopment at Stanbic IBTC Pension Managers, Nike Bajomo stated that StanbicIBTC has always been at the vanguard of women empowerment. She said: "We believethat there are opportunities for every woman to thrive and blossom, and assuch, we consistently create avenues to help women make the most of theseopportunities. At Stanbic IBTC, empowering women remains a core priority forus. The pandemic particularly impacted women as many of us had to balance ournatural roles as nurturers with showing up every day at ourjobs with our A-game intact while dealing with all the challenges that camewith the new normal. We, therefore, are hoping that LATTES will be an avenue tohelp women bounce back quicker and continue to thrive well after the pandemicis completely behind us."

LATTES featured Tolulope Agiri, theGroup Chief Human Resources Officer for Interswitch and Sherese Ijewere, the Founderof Carib Health Limited. They both shared insights and experiences withparticipants on how women can balance work and wellness in their chosen field.

Tolulope opined that lots of womenfind it hard to create time for themselves and mostly play the role ofcaregivers while altering career paths. Sighting the pandemic as an example, Shewent further to explain how women struggled to keep their homes and their jobsamid the covid19 pandemic.

In her remark, Tolulope said "it isof paramount importance to set aside time for family and dedicate a portion ofthat time for self-care and personal development. While no one has it all, astrong support system that ensures women thrive at home and work cannot beoveremphasised. A support system is critical to your growth and mental wellnessas it helps create work-life balance."

She advised women to make demandsthat will make their jobs easier in their respective places of work and urgedthem to aim for leadership positions and work synergistically with their employers to make work-life balance a reality.

Sherese Ijewere spoke on how womencan incorporate wellness into their day-to-day lives, stating that maintaininga healthy lifestyle contributes to a successful life. She added that animbalance in self-care could instigate unwanted illnesses.

She admonished women to take care ofthemselves through a deliberate practice of selfcare resulting in higherproductivity levels, reducing fatigue and enabling them to take care of others.

Ibiyemi Mezu, Executive Director,Business Development at Stanbic IBTC applauded the initiative in her closingremark and restated Stanbic IBTC's commitment to creating initiatives such asthis to help women harness the genius in them at all times, regardless of theirprofession and ensuring that women have all the support required to be the bestversion of themselves. Participants were also reminded that Stanbic IBTC wasavailable to offer pension support and financial advice and can be reached via01 271 6000 or [email protected]m