Eniola Temitayo Mayowa, FNIPR, is a seasoned Public Relations, Corporate Communications, and Stakeholder Engagement executive with more than 25 years of leadership in strategic communications and reputation management.
https://www.digital.zenithbank.com/ZEQ/ZEQ-jan-2026/index.html#p=1Over the course of her distinguished career, she has worked across multinational corporations, financial institutions, telecommunications companies, FMCG brands and consulting organisations, helping businesses navigate complex communications challenges, strengthen stakeholder confidence and build credible corporate reputations.
Her expertise covers corporate communications, government and regulatory engagement, investor relations, crisis communications, executive positioning, media relations and integrated marketing communications. She has consistently demonstrated an ability to connect business objectives with strategic communication, helping organisations enhance brand equity, manage reputation and achieve measurable business outcomes.
As Managing Partner and Lead Consultant at Stepcraft Communications Nigeria Limited, Mayowa provides strategic communications counsel to organisations in both the public and private sectors. She advises business owners and senior executives on stakeholder engagement, corporate positioning, thought leadership, reputation management and strategic communications.
Her career has seen her lead major national campaigns, corporate transformation programmes, capital market communications, mergers and acquisitions, product launches, executive profiling initiatives and complex stakeholder engagement programmes.
Among the organisations with which she has worked are MTN Nigeria, Stanbic IBTC, Samsung, Coca-Cola, Okomu Oil, Nestlé, Colgate, Microsoft, Emirates Airline, Cadbury, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Digital Jewels, World Bank, Actis and Allied Energy Plc.
Mayowa’s experience also includes managing investor communications for oversubscribed Initial Public Offerings and rights issues, directing communications for one of Nigeria’s significant banking mergers, leading crisis communication programmes for global brands and developing engagement strategies involving regulators, government institutions, investors, host communities, the media and other critical stakeholders.
A Fellow of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (FNIPR), Mayowa currently serves as Vice Chairman of the Lagos Chapter of the Institute. Her professional journey reflects a sustained commitment to the advancement of strategic communications and the public relations profession in Nigeria.
Beyond corporate communications, she is also an accomplished publisher of technical publications on Nigeria’s maritime industry. This aspect of her work demonstrates another dimension of her communications expertise: the ability to simplify complex technical and policy issues and make them accessible to diverse audiences while working with experts in the maritime sector.
Mayowa is recognised for her strategic thinking, executive presence and collaborative leadership style. Throughout her career, she has built high-performing communications teams and developed corporate narratives designed to strengthen organisational credibility, influence public perception and support sustainable business growth.
Her professional journey offers an important lesson about the evolving role of the communications executive. In today’s business environment, communication is no longer simply about generating visibility. It is about understanding stakeholders, anticipating risks, building trust and ensuring that an organisation’s actions and narratives remain credible.
With more than two decades of experience behind her, Eniola Temitayo Mayowa continues to demonstrate how strategic communications can serve as a bridge between organisations and the diverse stakeholders whose confidence is critical to their success.
