Morenike Molehin

Morenike Molehin is the Founder and Creative Director of Oak and Teak, an award-winning interior design company offering bespoke & visually exciting design solutions in residential and commercial spaces. She is also the Managing Director (MD) of Newer Heights Limited, an agro-allied company that specializes in the processing of soya bean seeds for poultry feeds and soya oil. As the MD, Morenike Molehin oversees company-wide operations, financial administration, and human resource management.

Morenike received a Bachelor of Science degree in industrial mathematics from Covenant University and a Master of Science degree in Financial Mathematics and Computation from the University of Leicester, United Kingdom.

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Between 2009 and 2010 Morenike worked with Exxon Mobil, a natural gas company in Nigeria. She later joined Protax Consulting in 2012 and became the Managing Director at Newer Heights Limited in 2013.

In 2017, Morenike‘s passion for entrepreneurship, especially in the interior design industry led her to venture fully into her interior decoration and design business. Through intensive personal and career development, she built Oak and Teak into a full-service interior design and furniture making company, now renowned in Nigeria.

Morenike began by targeting a sub-segment of the industry. At the time of starting the business, parents in Nigeria were looking to furnish and set up baby nurseries. She served this segment successfully and gradually diversified the Oak and Teak service offerings and expanded the clientele to include residential and commercial spaces. Although Oak and Teak are based in Lagos, it serves clients in Nigeria and abroad, across several industries including; financial service, hospitality, non-profits, schools, and hotels.

Morenike believes in giving back! As part of her social responsibility efforts and contribution toward nation-building, she hosts free seminars for upcoming interior designers who desire to go into the design business. She has trained more than 200 people, who mostly started their businesses.

Morenike is also a facilitator at Jenniez School for African Interior Design (JSAID), a private post-secondary institution that is recognized as the first and only approved educator of Interior decoration in Africa by Certified Interior Decorators International. She is a member of CID, International and Interior Designers Association of Nigeria (IDAN).

Additionally, she works to rehabilitate and renovate public schools to make them conducive to student learning and development. Amongst other things, Morenike uses several platforms to mentor young women and teenage girls. She is on Brighter Girls Life Initiative (BGLI) as a Mentor. BGLI is a non-government organization founded to empower, motivate and prepare the girl child to realize her full potential and live confidently.