INTRODUCING OUR
ROUND TABLE
We surrounded ourselves with a team of highly motivated and success oriented business executives with vast industry knowledge and experience.
“Mr Doss”
FOUNDER
Selom Eric Dossou-Yovo, a dual citizen (french & ghanaian) professional forged through 21 years in the communication arena. Evolved from client service, graphic design, copywriting, art direction, strategy planning to head of creative department. Claims today exposure to over 22 countries through out africa and beyong.
Exposed from corporate entities to non-governmental institutions,
Selom has a clear understanding of the rules and the path to take.
He has now identified the method needed to permit an individual, such as himself, to push creative and innovative profiling to its full potential on a larger scale.
Baton Rouge Company Limited is the result of a brand new vision for communication in Africa. A consortium of consultants focused on providing a better and a wider solutions to clients and stakeholders.
“MRs SANDRINE”
MANAGEMENT
Her personality is summed up in these words: passion, optimism, motivation, creativity and risk.
Franco-Burkinabe, Sandrine Travé has been evolving on the continent for 13 years and has a soft spot for institutional communication that she has been exercising for several years with Institutions and Ministries Evolving first of all at the beginning of her career in audiovisual production, her field of action gradually widens in 360 ° communication. Her main missions are the development of activities, their profitability and the maintenance of good visibility. Entrepreneur, creative but project manager above all.
“Mr PASCAL”
CREATIVE DIRECTION
Pascal Kouwenhoven is an art director based in Brooklyn, New York with a focus on diversity and consistent design solutions for mission-based established brands and startups. He has over 10 years of branding experience in Advertising working in many industries from nightlife, hospitality, restaurants, medical and beauty.
“Mr Karl”
PUBLIC RELATIONS
Karl Lawson is the Founder and Managing Partner of Néré Consultants, a communication strategy and public relations consulting agency specialized in Africa.For the past ten years, Karl has been implementing communication strategies and organizing customized events for private companies, public institutions and states, including Allen & Overy, Bourse régionale des valeurs mobilières (BRVM), IE Singapore, Accor Hotels Group, Western Union, PwC, Gécamines, the Republic of the Niger, the Republic of Tchad, the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS), and the Bank of Central African States. Karl started his career with Cohn & Wolfe before joining Hopscotch Africa as an expert in media relations and lobbying, and contributing to the development of the agency in several African countries. Karl dedicated himself to educational matters in Africa by cofounding in 2009 the LAWA association which accompanies pupils and students of French-speaking Africa through the different steps of their school life.
“The Ghost”
PHOTOGRAPHY
Born September 7, 1988 in Yopougon of a Beninese Portuguese father and of an Ivorian-Guinean mother, Sant'Anna Wilfried is an Engineer in Marketing Management. Wilfried Sant'Anna starts modeling in 2011. It was in 2013 that his professional career took off with the New Face agency. Elected in 2014 best model of the Top 10 of fashion, in 2016 he received the award for best junior model at the African Modeling Awards. Using his modeling career to increase his notoriety, develops his activity as a photographer, hence his project “The Ghost”. Plain background, mastery of light, elegance of shapes, are just as many signs that characterize his work.
In 6 months he was nominated at the prestigious fashion event The Top 10 Ivorian fashion in the revelation category photographer 2017. Recognized in Côte D’Ivoire as one of the best his generation, we can see large advertising campaigns companies that adorn the city of Abidjan and other major cities in the country.
“Mr Marc”
STRATEGY
Marc Seynave is a strategic planner, with over 25 years experience in several multinational agency networks, including BATES, FCB, PUBLICIS and DENTSU. Marc started his advertising career in Canada. Over the years, he worked for many blue chip clients in QSR, FMCG, Pharmaceuticals, Retail, Energy, Banking, Insurance, Automotive, Telecom and Tobacco. 10 ans Expérience QSR et FMS Restaurant: St-Hubert BBQ, Pizza Hut, Wendys Burgers, Pizzedelic,Work Territory From Canada to: Algeria, Angola, Bahrein, Bénin, CAR, Côte d’Ivoire, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Iran, Lebanon, Morocco,Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Syria, Togo, Tunisia, UAE.