Ore Ogungbayi

Ore Ogungbayi (www.ore-lou.com) is a symbol of human nature, having discovered through experience the challenges involved in working through life. She has had to fight to obtain all she has, and has thus concluded that the tests of life help to develop inner strength and character.

Born in South London to Nigerian parents, and raised in Kent for the first 7 years of her life by a Scottish father and an English mother, she has come to appreciate the beauty in diversity and is thus gifted with the ability to break through all barriers and connect with individuals. As a child she was abducted by her birth mother and had the privilege of living in Nigeria for 11 years, and had the benefit of the lessons that living in a different culture had to teach.

Ore Ogungbayi returned to England in 1984, and attended college, then went on to study Economics at the University of Central England in Birmingham. She also served as a missionary for a year and a half.

She is the mother of 2 young children, and has chosen to care for them on a full-time basis. This is a role that she finds very challenging, both physically and mentally, but the rewards far outweigh the hard work that is required to help these special young people reach their full potential and become a credit to society.

She believes that women have the ability to contribute significantly in society, and thus make a difference if only they can be made aware of the seeds of greatness that lie within them. Failing forward is the only real way to success and the secret to building true character in an individual, and integrity is the quality that she strives to uphold.

Ore Ogungbayi devotes a lot of her time and heart to empowering women and runs seminars and workshops which address confidence both in women and in men.

She believes in personal growth and in modelling excellence. Etiquette and modern manners are essential, and will aid individuals in their aspirations to move up in life.

Ore Ogungbayi is a member of Toastmasters International (The Speakers of Croydon). Her raison d'etre is: ' modelling excellence and integrity(with an element of fun)'. Ore believes that people have to step out of their comfort zones to achieve their goals, ' because if you continue to do what you have always done, you will continue to get what you have always got'