Mr Shola Fashakin
Managing Director, Hotel Solutions
Mr Shola Fashakin was born on 16th April, 1959 to Mr J.O Fashakin’s family. He hails from Efon. He started his elementary school in Oshogbo, Osun State and later proceeded to St Charles’ College, Oshogbo. After his secondary school education, he then proceeded to Christ School, Ado Ekiti, for his advanced level education.
He later gained admission to Ondo State Polytechnic, Owo, to read Catering & Hotel Management. During his course of study, he worked with Moeje Hotel, Oshogbo on a part-time basis as the Hotel Manager.
After the completion of his studies in Catering and Hotel Management, he bagged HND (CHM). Subsequently, he was posted to Ilorin, Kwara State, as a youth corper and
worked in the Governor’s Office Protocol Department as the Catering Officer. After his youth service, he was employed at Stop-Over Motel, via International Airport Road, Lagos, as the Motel Manager.
After one and half years, he gained employment with Le Meridien Hotel, Victoria Island, as the Service Manager.
During his working career at Eko Le Meridien Hotel, he had series of promotions from Service Manager to Restaurant Manager, and was later promoted to the post of the
Banquet Manager. And in the long run, he was promoted to the position of the Food and Beverages Manager.
Le Meridien Hotel headquarters in Paris sent him for series of training abroad which took him to Paris, London and United Arab Emirate. He was on executive level for many years and has good organizational and supervisory experience of over 150 to 300 staffers.
Le Meridien Hotel later sent him to Meriden Cairo Hotel in Egypt to relief the Food and Beverages Manager for 2 months and also to relief the F&B Manger in Le Meridien
Abu Dhabi Hotel (UAE) for three months.
After working with Eko Le Meridien Hotels for 10 years, he proceeded to United State of America and worked with Omni Hotels in New Heaven, Connecticut as the Assistant
Ex. Housekeeper and Holiday Inn at International Blvd. Atlanta Georgia as the Food and Beverages Manager.
He is a member of Hotel & Catering International Management Association, London UK. (HCIMA) and also a member of Motel & Hotel Association of America Inc.
During this period of work with Holiday Inn Hotels, he enrolled with Smartech College in Downtown Atlanta to Study Oracle where he was certified as a Data Base Administrator (DBA). He later worked with Ciba Vision Corporation, a Novartis Organization before he finally returned to Nigeria to join Hotel Solutions Hospitality
Nigeria Limited, a consultancy firm where he is the Managing Director.
