The Global Extension
Masterclass
International.
Our globally-focused track. Next up: London, 2027.
The clock is already running.
A global extension of the same closed-door standard
Masterclass International is our globally-focused track, the sequential counterpart to Masterclass Nigeria, convened in a different international city each cycle (next: London). Where Masterclass Nigeria roots the conversation in African governance and enterprise, Masterclass International extends it into a wider diplomatic and cross-border context, bringing in faculty drawn from international governance, corporate leadership, and strategic communications.
Attendance is drawn from the same standard: high strategic public office holders, internationally focused executives, and communications and crisis leaders whose decisions carry weight beyond a single market. As with every edition of The Duke's Masterclass, the room stays closed, small, and selective by design.
Faculty Distinction
Participants engage directly with individuals who have operated at the highest levels of decision-making, visibility, and crisis environments at globally recognised levels impacting billions.
Masterclass Objectives
- Build world-class communication and crisis management strategies, including push-back frameworks, for leaders across every field of endeavour.
- Equip Nigerian leaders with pinpoint crisis management and allied strategies that strengthen both local and global influence.
- Showcase global best practice in leadership communication, adapted for emerging markets.
- Empower participants to safeguard and elevate institutional resilience against the vagaries of unexpected crisis.
Secured Benefits
A closed-door
programme, reserved for:
- High-powered leaders in public and private sectors, NGOs, multinationals, and leaders with intercontinental aspirations.
- Strategically chosen cognitive leaders drawn from public and private sectors and other areas of human endeavour.
- Select government and institutional players across the three tiers of government and strategic democratic institutions.
- Media titans and influential thought leaders shaping the public narrative, locally and internationally.
Vice President Kashim Shettima, GCON
15th Vice President, Federal Republic of Nigeria
Lord Gavin Barwell
Former Chief of Staff to PM Theresa May · UK House of Lords
Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia
7th Vice President of Ghana, 2017–2025
Dr. Victor Oladokun
Former Director of Communications, African Development Bank
Kola Adesina
Group Managing Director, Sahara Power Group
Folake Ani-Mumuney
Communications Expert · Group Head, Marketing & Corporate Comms, FBN Holdings
Dr. Owen Omogiafo, OON
President / Group CEO, Transcorp Plc
Dr. Nero Ughwujabo
Former Special Adviser to PM Theresa May · The King's Trust
Dr. Yvonne Thompson, CBE, DL, FCL
Deputy Lieutenant of Greater London