September 17, (THEWILL) – The United States Presidential Precinct has appointed Toyosi Ogunseye as its new president and chief executive officer. The organisation is at the heart of public diplomacy, and the programmes it hosts are among the United States’ most effective soft-power tools. Toyosi, who is the second president and CEO of the organisation, takes over from Neal Piper, the founding director. A few individuals are closer to the mission of the Presidential Precinct than Toyosi who began her tenure with the organization as a 2014 Mandela Washington Fellow and has engaged consistently as a programme alumna since. Toyosi has two decades of leadership experience in journalism, most recently serving as a senior news editor for news and commissioning at the British Broadcasting Corporation. She began her tenure with the BBC as Head of Language Services for West Africa. Prior to joining BBC, Toyosi was the first female editor in the 50-year history of Punch Newspaper. Toyosi, who recently concluded her term as vice-president of the World Editors Forum, is a board member of the World Association of News Publishers.
Ivory Ukonu is a versatile journalist with many years of experience, with entertainment and society reporting as her area of core competence.
