In the UK, since 2022, Upward BAO Consulting has been incorporated, registered and certified by the Companies House (an executive agency of the UK Department of Business and Trade), the Information Commissioner’s Office, United Kingdom Register of Learning Providers (UKPRN: 10095454) and the CPD Group (#787580). We offer top notch intellectual and experiential educational, leadership and management services in the UK and internationally. Specifically, we have been popularly known for cutting-edge intellectual and experiential leadership training and capacity building programmes especially in the city of Oxford. For instance, in June, 2023, the company trained about 20 leaders across multiple sectors at St Antony’s College, University of Oxford.
Participants included the Head of Service of Ondo State, former Speaker of Oyo State House of Assembly, and the Vice President of the Nigerian Baptist Convention. Similarly, in October, 2023, the company trained another set of 20 leaders in politics, development and corporate strategies. The highlight of the October programme at Linacre College was the interactive-experiential session delegates had with His Excellency, the High Commissioner of Nigeria to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Ambassador Sarafa Tunji Isola.
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Dr. Tunde Oseni is an Associate Professor of Political Science, and a Leadership Consultant based in England. He is the CEO of Upward BAO Consulting Limited, UK, where he designs and facilitates both intellectual and experiential programmes for executives, mid-level leaders, and managers across the UK and Africa. Alongside his consulting work, he offers supervision, tutoring, and mentoring to students in academies throughout Newcastle and the West Midlands.
He holds a First-Class degree in Political Science from the University of Ibadan, an MSc in African Studies with a focus on Politics and Development from the University of Oxford, and a PhD in Politics from the University of Exeter, UK, where he taught from 2008 to 2011. He received a MacArthur Foundation Student Exchange scholarship to the University of Ghana in 2003 and attended the Democracy and Diversity Graduate Summer Institute by the New School for Social Research, New York, held in Cape Town, South Africa, in 2009.
From 2015 to 2021, Dr. Oseni served as the Head of the Department of Politics and International Relations at Lead City University in Ibadan, Nigeria. During his tenure, he played a key role in establishing research clusters in Diplomacy, Public Affairs, and Euro-African Studies. He has presented his research at leading institutions such as the University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, University College London, and the University of Exeter, as well as at the Midlands African Studies Hub (MASH) hosted by the University of Nottingham.
With over 19 years of experience in university teaching, research, administration, and leadership consultancy, Dr. Oseni has organised and contributed to executive retreats and conferences in cities including Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, London, Oxford, Lagos, and Accra. He was also a member of the Technical Committee for the inaugural Southwest Security Summit organised by the Development Agenda for Western Nigeria (DAWN) Commission in 2019.
Dr. Oseni is the co-author and editor of five highly regarded books: Reluctant Transitions: Nigeria’s Democratic Struggles since Independence (2011), Obafemi Awolowo: Lessons in Leadership and Legacy (2017), Practical Lessons in Strategic Leadership (2023), The Optimist Ethos (2024), and Politics and International Relations: A Book of Readings (2025).
Since 2022, the British Academy in London has recognised him as a UK Global Talent.
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