Coach Lara Yeku honoured at Setting The Pace Lagos conference

Renowned career coach and leadership development expert, Lara Yeku, was honoured with the Honorary Mentor Award at the Setting The Pace 4.0 Professional Conference held on Saturday, January 17, 2026, at the LCCI Conference and Exhibition Centre, Ikeja, Lagos.

Yeku received the recognition for her contributions to mentorship, leadership development and capacity building, as professionals from various sectors gathered for the annual conference organised by Qodar Safety Consults.

Speaking after receiving the award, Yeku described the honour as humbling, praising the organisers and participants for redefining professional excellence through people-centred leadership, discipline and purposeful action.

She commended their commitment to health, safety and environmental leadership, noting that such values are critical to sustainable organisational growth.

The Setting The Pace Professional Conference is an annual, purpose-driven platform designed to reset mindsets, sharpen leadership capacity and reposition professionals for excellence at the start of each year.

Though originally rooted in safety, risk and HSE leadership, the conference has evolved into a broader thought-leadership initiative addressing professionalism, ethical leadership, future-of-work readiness, performance excellence and strategic influence.

The 2026 edition, tagged Setting The Pace 4.0, builds on the success of previous editions and places strong emphasis on leadership, professional excellence, capacity building and future readiness.

It attracted executives, business leaders, engineers, consultants, managers, supervisors, young professionals and emerging leaders seeking to strengthen their leadership impact and remain relevant in a changing work environment.

Organisers noted that the conference is intentionally structured to go beyond motivation, offering practical, insight-driven sessions aimed at influencing thinking and behaviour.

Participants left with clearer leadership perspectives, renewed professional confidence and tools applicable to their workplaces.

Qodar Safety Consults, the organisers of the conference, is a professional QHSE, ESG and management systems consulting firm that provides end-to-end solutions including consulting, training, auditing and project safety support.

The firm supports organisations across multiple industries, positioning safety, quality and sustainability as drivers of performance and business excellence.

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