My EMBA experience as an entrepreneur and mum of four

Juggling professional, personal, and family commitments as a working mother is often a heroic feat.  

Oge Akinola is one such mother smashing through glass ceilings – an entrepreneur self-funding her executive MBA at Imperial College Business School while scaling up her company. 

Bump N Chic is a well-being consultancy firm focused on supporting women before, during, and after pregnancy, empowering mothers to take care of themselves physically and mentally, in order to give them the best possible chance of ascending the career ladder. 

The idea came from Oge’s own experiences - she’s a mum of four and knows all too well how motherhood and ’women’s roles’ can make climbing the professional ladder that much harder – particularly during the pandemic, where she herself was balancing her work priorities alongside a huge amount of home-schooling. 

Her company has assisted more than 500 women in achieving ideal health and wellness levels, and supported countless companies in creating programmes and boosting productivity.  

Oge spoke with TopMBA about her company, female role models, and how her EMBA has helped her scale Bump N Chic.