Kemi Ayo-Ogunkeye has a courageous heart that breeds success. A passionate marketing communications practitioner and a perfectionist who has eye for the smallest of details; KAO, an affectionate sobriquet used by her colleagues brings dynamism to brands she handles and gives her clients value for their money.

A graduate of English (Ogun State University now Olabisi Onabanjo University) and an Alumni of the prestigious Lagos Business School, Kemi is a consummate account management professional.

She started her career as an Account Executive at Insight Communications (a foremost Nigerian advertising agency) and moved on to Bluebird Communications as the founding Group Head, Client/Media. She resigned in May 1999 and teamed up with friends to float KWT Ltd as the Managing Partner. KAO left KWT Ltd in 2010 to start Kr8tiv Krest, an emerging marketing communication trail blazer as the founding Managing Director.

A member of the Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria (APCON) and a restless soul in search of the best where better would have been enough, Kemi practices advertising with un-paralleled flourish.

A well traveled woman, she loves to have stimulating discussion, reading and cooking.