Who Is Akin Monehin?

Professional Background

Akin Monehin is a transformation executive, author, and strategy advisor whose work focuses on execution discipline, organisational architecture, and large-scale performance delivery. He is the author of Execution Is a Lie, a management book that achieved strong early chart performance on Amazon in both the UK and the US and has been widely featured across leading media outlets.

Industry and International Experience

He has led transformation, strategy execution, and operational delivery across Shell, NLNG, Virgin Atlantic, and British Airways, with professional experience spanning more than ten countries across Africa, the Middle East, and Europe. His background covers energy, aviation, supply-chain operations, and complex, multi-stakeholder environments.

Frameworks and Thought Leadership

Monehin is known for creating the Execution Operating Ecosystem™ consisting of four integrated execution and performance frameworks — the ALIGN™ Framework, the C3 Formula™, RECODE™, and GROWTH Anchor™ ,which help leaders build clarity, structural discipline, behavioural alignment, and governance mechanisms into their organisations. His insights have been cited across platforms including ThisDay, Guardian, Punch, Vanguard, Daily Trust, Daily Times, Tribune, and The Sun.

Recognition and Academic Engagement

A Choiseul 100 Africa laureate, he has been recognised among emerging economic and business leaders on the continent. The award was featured in Forbes Afrique and African Business Magazine. His work has been taught and discussed in executive and MBA classrooms, including Lagos Business School and the University of Texas at Dallas, and continues to inform leadership conversations across corporate, academic, and public-sector environments.

Expertise and Speaking Focus

Monehin’s expertise spans strategy architecture, governance discipline, leadership signals, and risk-aware execution. He speaks internationally on execution culture, organisational design, strategy implementation, and the internal mechanisms that enable real-world performance.

Transformation and Delivery Roles

Monehin helps executives, educators, and entrepreneurs move from strategy to execution; building the systems, tools, and disciplines that turn ambition into measurable results.

He currently works at Shell, where he leads supply chain delivery for the HI Gas project, a multibillion dollar energy project to supply gas to NLNG via Bonny terminal. Until September 2025 he served as Business Transformation Manager, where he drove transformation programs that shaped large-scale energy delivery. His experience spans NLNG, Virgin Atlantic, British Airways, and advisory work across multiple industries and markets. Each role has refined one central idea: execution isn’t a phase … it’s a discipline.

Independence and Editorial Integrity

All thought-leadership work featured here, including articles, proprietary frameworks, and advisory projects, is pursued independently and outside of my professional duties at Shell.

Press & Media Coverage

Explore a curated collection of media assets, including Akin Monehin’s official biographies (short and extended versions), high-resolution photos, full press resources, published excerpts, National newspapers and reputable business publications covering Akin Monehin’s work on strategy, execution, and organisational leadership.