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Call him the undisputed king of showbiz, entertainment and event packaging, and you’ll be absolutely right. Cecil Hammond is the CEO of Flytime Entertainment, a company that is into entertainment, P.R., Media and Marketing.
Cecil is a gentleman who has, in a short period of time, turned his company to a household name having organized shows for heavyweight Nigerian artistes like, 2face, D’bang, Inyanya, AY, Bovi and several others. He started Rhythm unplugged with the help of his uncle, Ben Bruce, a project that has been said to be the biggest annual entertainment event in the Nigerian Entertainment calendar.
Cecil Hammond is the son of Mr. Hammond, a chartered Accountant who was the former MD of Akintola Williams Deloitte and Touche. He grew up in Lagos where he schooled at Corona Primary School, Gbagada and International School Lagos, (LSL) located inside UNILAG before he went abroad for his tertiary education and holds a B.Sc. in Economics.
Cecil Hammond’s company has won several awards for its immense contribution to the growth of entertainment in Nigeria. In his words, “Flytime as a company is into a lot of things. We don’t just do shows, Flytime is P.R. and Media Company as well.”
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