We Build Companies That Can Outgrow Their Founders.
Excel & Grace Consulting works with established business owners to build the structure, people, systems and leadership required to turn growing businesses into enduring companies.
We Are Business Builders.
Excel & Grace Consulting is part of the Excel & Grace Group. Our work sits where structure, people, performance, management, leadership, governance and growth meet — the parts that decide whether a business can keep working as it gets bigger.
We do not sit outside business and simply give advice. We have built, managed and operated businesses ourselves. That experience shapes how we consult.
"We have faced the same problems our clients bring to us — and we have solved them with our own money on the line."
From Consulting to Company Building.
Consulting → business building → operating businesses → company building. Our advice is shaped by years of actually running businesses ourselves, not only studying them.
Founded by Festus Odigie-Erewele to help Nigerian businesses move from informal management to proper structure.
Nnamdi Ibe joins the firm, adding entrepreneurial and strategy experience. Together they begin building the consulting practice.
The work grows beyond structure to how people are led and how performance is measured.
The firm expands into hospitality, real estate, lending and other operating businesses — while consulting remains the core.
The firm works with SMEs, corporates, banks, NGOs and international organisations across several sectors.
Today the focus is clear: helping established African businesses build companies that can outlast their founders.
What We Believe About Companies.
These are not slogans. They are the ideas that shape every piece of work we do.
A company should not depend on one person knowing everything.
People perform better when they understand their roles, responsibilities and expected results.
What matters must be measured.
More revenue creates more complexity. The structure must grow with the business.
The real test of a company is whether it can perform without the founder controlling everything.
A Company Is More Than Its Revenue.
Seven parts have to work together. When one is weak, the whole company feels it.
Experienced People, Not Just Advisers.
The firm is led by two partners who have spent their careers building and running businesses.
Veteran strategist with decades of experience in financial models, banking, and business transformation. Has advised leading banks, governments, and corporations.
Serial entrepreneur and strategy consultant. Forbes Council Coach. Over 20 years helping organisations solve complex growth and people challenges.
Skilled in operational leadership and client delivery. Makes sure every consulting project runs with precision and delivers measurable results.
Experienced people strategist specialising in organisational development, workforce planning, and employee performance systems.
Compliance and risk management expert. Helps client businesses operate with transparency, accountability, and good governance.
Sharp problem-solver with deep consulting expertise. Has designed models that unlock efficiency and growth for SMEs and corporates alike.
Leads market expansion and client relationships, building partnerships with businesses and stakeholders. Combines sales skill with strategic insight.
We Don't Just Advise Businesses. We Build Them.
We are business owners who decided to share what actually works.
The way we consult comes from dealing with the real problems of running a business — people, cash, operations, management, growth, leadership and structure.
We have faced these problems ourselves, not only studied them. That is why our work focuses on execution, not just advice. We stay until the new way of working is actually working.
We Know What It Is Like to Be Responsible for the Result.
Many consultants study businesses. We also operate them. So we understand that a decision does not end on paper. It reaches real things — and that is why our advice stays practical.
We Are Building Companies That Last.
A business may start with a founder. A company becomes an institution when its people, systems, leadership and structure can carry the work forward. That is the work we do.