Timothy Abilawon

Business development and commercial professional with 7 years of experience across Nigeria's electricity and energy environment, client development, revenue growth, stakeholder management and strategic partnerships. MSc Economics with postgraduate research focused on the effect of renewable energy on sustainable economic growth in Nigeria. Experienced in electricity distribution operations, NERC-related issue resolution, market intelligence, commercial proposals, customer relationship management and business growth.

Combines practical power-sector experience with an economics and sustainability perspective to develop commercially viable energy opportunities.

Business Development Lead at CSR Reporters (2026-03 – Present)

Lead business development and commercial growth activities, managing opportunity pipelines, client relationships and institutional partnerships.

• Identify and qualify commercial opportunities, develop proposals, negotiate with stakeholders and follow through to closure and delivery.
• Closed a major institutional partnership within the first month through structured stakeholder engagement and commercial execution.
• Prepare pipeline reports, forecasts and market intelligence to support management decisions and revenue growth.
• Lead a team of 5 and coordinate cross-functional execution against commercial targets.

Energy Sales Representative at Ikeja Electric PLC (2021-08 – 2026-02)

• Delivered a 25% revenue increase through data-driven account and territory strategies within Nigeria's regulated electricity distribution market.
• Built and managed customer relationships across the power-distribution environment, supporting commercial growth, retention and issue resolution.
• Resolved customer and regulatory-related matters, including NERC-related issues, through investigation, stakeholder coordination, documentation and follow-up to resolution.
• Developed practical knowledge of Nigeria's electricity market, DisCo operations, customer processes, regulatory requirements and sector stakeholders.
• Monitored market and regulatory developments and used sector intelligence to identify commercial opportunities and improve account strategies.
• Led a team of 3 and coordinated operational activities, reporting and performance against targets.

Research Assistant at University of Lagos, Department of Economics (2021-08 – 2023-08)

• Conducted quantitative research and STATA-based analysis of energy-sector data.
• Research focus: Effect of Renewable Energy on Sustainable Economic Growth in Nigeria, providing analytical grounding in renewable energy, sustainability and economic development.

Backend Officer at Ikeja Electric PLC (2019-03 – 2020-02)

Supported customer data management, service documentation and commercial/operational reporting in a power-distribution environment.

MSc in Economics – University of Lagos (2023)

B.Tech in Agricultural Economics – Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (2018)