{"id":2847,"date":"2017-10-03T11:48:25","date_gmt":"2017-10-03T11:48:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heirsholdings.com\/hhpeople\/?p=2847"},"modified":"2017-11-01T15:27:05","modified_gmt":"2017-11-01T15:27:05","slug":"from-afriland-to-transcorp-mutiu-bakare-shares-his-career-progression-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.heirsholdings.com\/hhpeople\/2017\/10\/from-afriland-to-transcorp-mutiu-bakare-shares-his-career-progression-story","title":{"rendered":"From Afriland to Transcorp \u2013 Mutiu Bakare Shares His Career Progression Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>Preparation sometimes meets opportunity<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Recently,\u00a0Mutiu Bakare transitioned from Afriland Properties to the position of Group CFO, Transcorp Plc. We caught up with him to more about his story.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>What was your first week like in your new role?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Change is inevitable. I would say I was prepared for the change in environment and the task at hand. It is a great opportunity to work within the Transcorp Group. Every staff I met was very welcoming; my induction process was smooth and informative.<\/p>\n<p>It opened my eyes to how the business works.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>What made you decide to move from one role to another within HH Group?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>I always look forward to more challenges and more opportunities. When this opportunity came, I could not but attempt to take it and that was exactly what I did.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>How did you hear about the job opening?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Through my supervisor.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>What made you feel you were the best person for the job?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Not to make attempts in life is the real failure. Preparation sometimes meets opportunity. I was prepared, so I just had to give it a try.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>What do you think your former colleagues miss the most about you?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>One of the common quality people commented on during the send-off from Afriland Properties was my humility and selflessness.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>What do you miss the most of your former colleagues?\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Wow, a whole lot.<\/p>\n<p>Afriland Properties Plc is more than an organisation, it is a family. The dedication, hard work, teamwork and resilience is indeed unquantifiable.<\/p>\n<p>From the MD\/CEO to the cleaners and security men, there is a sense of responsibility and ownership that keeps the company successful.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019d miss that.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Preparation sometimes meets opportunity Recently,\u00a0Mutiu Bakare transitioned from Afriland Properties to the position of Group CFO, Transcorp Plc. We caught up with him to more about his story. &nbsp; What was your first week like in your new role? Change is inevitable. I would say I was prepared for the change in environment and the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2814,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[80],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-career-story"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heirsholdings.com\/hhpeople\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2847","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heirsholdings.com\/hhpeople\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heirsholdings.com\/hhpeople\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heirsholdings.com\/hhpeople\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heirsholdings.com\/hhpeople\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2847"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.heirsholdings.com\/hhpeople\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2847\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2850,"href":"https:\/\/www.heirsholdings.com\/hhpeople\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2847\/revisions\/2850"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heirsholdings.com\/hhpeople\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heirsholdings.com\/hhpeople\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heirsholdings.com\/hhpeople\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heirsholdings.com\/hhpeople\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}