Meet Our Mentors
Intentional world-class leaders.
Our Founder, Rev Celia Apeagyei-Collins
Rev Celia Apeagyei-Collins Founded YEL as a Millennial mentoring and leadership development forum in response to the challenge of developing highly competent, christ-infused, character-centred young leaders who are committed to the highest ethics of servant leadership and positive contribution to their local communities.
Reverend Celia has consulted for Charities, Blue Chip Companies, Local Community and International NGOs and Governments. She sits on the Boards of major national and international organisations such as:
· Public Leadership Advisory Board (Evangelical Alliance)
· Director/Trustee for OM (Operation Mobilisation)
· Vice President for TEARFUND
· Director for the National Church Leaders Forum (NCLF)
· Board Member for Churches in Communities International (CiC International)
· Director for Cinnamon Network International Board
· Trustee for International Third World Leaders Association (ITWLA)
· Member of One People Commission (Evangelical Alliance
· Board Member of Public Leadership Advisory Board (Evangelical Alliance)
Reverend Celia Apeagyei-Collins is also the Founder and President of the Rehoboth Foundation, a cutting edge Equipping Organisation offering Leadership/Vision Development Consultancy, Motivational and Mentoring programmes and Executive Coaching.
Rehoboth Foundation also offers practical training for effective leadership and the success of both individual destiny and Corporate Objectives.
In addition she comes alongside pastoral leaders to help strengthen ministries and equip them for community transformations. An award-winning leader, Reverend Celia has been listed as one of the top ten most influential black Christian women in the UK.
An excellent international speaker, her work is in ever increasing global demand extending to over 30 countries. She holds a firm conviction that everyone has a specific gifting as well as a sphere of influence within which to effect spiritual change, social reform and economic development.
Yemi Akinsiwaju
For over 30 years, Yemi Akinsiwaju has shared extensively with thousands of people on the subject of leadership development, personal transformation, and effective organisational management and has come to be known as the Leadership Catalyst.
Yemi is a seasoned Chartered Manager and Fellow of the UK Chartered Management Institute. He serves on the senior management team of a leading UK charity as well as being on the Board of a number of organisations including Young Emerging Leaders (YEL), a Youth Leadership and mentoring organisation and the International Third World Leaders Association (ITWLA), an organisation devoted to training and developing leaders and aspiring leaders in over 80 nations.
As an international speaker, leadership consultant and author, Yemi's focus is on the crucial issues of leadership, personal transformation, organisational effectiveness, social and spiritual development.
He is the author of 4 highly acclaimed books including The Leadership Jigsaw: Transforming Mystery into Mastery , which has been credited with transforming the leadership capabilities of many leaders.
Yemi has had the privilege of addressing audiences from over 50 nations as a conference speaker, seminar facilitator, mentor, trainer, coach and in television and radio appearances.