Shegun believes, in life,
it's not what happens to you but how you deal with it. With his wife, they had to deal with childlessness for about
ten years. They decided to deal with the situation through adoption. They got involved in the process in 2002
and adopted a son in November 2005. Segun and Seyi are now Adoption Champions.
Shegun is a passionate public speaker - especially
concerning fostered and underprivileged children. In November 2006, Shegun spoke at BAAF’s (British Association
for Adoption and Fostering) annual awareness raising campaign - during the 2006 National Adoption week. He regularly
speaks at adoption preparation training groups for the Borough of Merton and Sutton.
To hone his literary skills he completed a
Bachelor of Arts in English and literary studies at the University of Ife, Nigeria. He was a student of the 1986 Noble laureate
in Literature – Wole Soyinka. He obtained a Law degree from the University of London and sharpened his advocacy and
negotiating skills at the Nottingham Law School.
Shegun is a Past President of the Croydon Communicators
Toastmasters Club in Croydon. During his tenure the club achieved the President's Distinguished Club Status. Shegun is
the past Area Governor of UK Toastmaster International Area 35. He achieved Distinguished Area during his tenure.
As an
IT Consultant, he has worked on Infrastructure implementation and ITIL projects in Deutsche Bank, EMC, NHS and London Stock. He
now works as an ITIL Service Management Consultant and has worked on projects in Halifax Bank of Scotland, Bank of America,
British Telecom, Thomson Reuters, Ministry of Justice and Environment Agency
Shegun completed 2004 Flora London
Marathon and 2003 Hyde Park 10k run collecting hundreds of pounds for two Charities - Save the Children and Help the London
Child.
Shegun
aims to raise awareness about Adoption especially within the Afro-Caribbean community by convincingly persuading members of
the community that Adoption rather than fostering is necessary for the children in this unfortunate situation.
Shegun lives in Surrey with his wife Seyi,
two sons and daughter.
