Profile
Dr Gabriel Koueni
Entrepreneur, executive mentor and creator of GoPlAn, supporting African family businesses as they prepare governance, succession and continuity beyond the founder.
GoPlAnAfrica
Experience
Three decades building brands, teams and business systems.
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Brand & Consumers | Media Target | SDA | Otenticity
Strategic advisory, regional brand communication and multidisciplinary team leadership across Central Africa.
Chairman
MediaReach OMD Cameroon
Regional media strategies, international partnerships and communication solutions for African markets.
Creator
GoPlAn Model & Digital Solution
A governance, succession planning and anticipation framework for the transmission of African family businesses.
Expertise
Where entrepreneurial experience meets transmission strategy.
Dr Koueni works at the intersection of African business continuity, family governance, brand strategy and executive leadership.
African family-business transmission
Supporting founders, successors and African family stakeholders as they prepare continuity before tension becomes crisis.
Governance & succession
Structuring roles, decision principles, succession scenarios and alignment between family and enterprise.
Brand & market strategy
Advising local and international brands on positioning, communication and market expansion in Central Africa.
Executive mentoring
Supporting entrepreneurs and leaders in strategic clarity, leadership posture and long-term business discipline.
Engagement formats for founders, boards and African family teams.
Strategic advisoryFounder sessionsAfrican family workshopsBoard-level facilitationTraining & conferencesGoPlAn diagnostics
Education
Research grounded in entrepreneurial reality.
- Doctorate in Business Administration, University of Montpellier
- Master of Research in Management Sciences, ESSEC Douala
- Higher Diploma in Business and Management Techniques, ESSEC Douala
- Baccalaureate G2, Technical High School of Douala