Children First
Partnering to build a world where the best interests of children are upheld through equal shared parenting.
Babafemi (Femi) Olokesus
Vice President, Operations
Babafemi Femi Olokesusi is a seasoned risk and program leader with more than a decade of experience driving complex and high impact initiatives across large organizations. Alongside his leadership in risk and program delivery, Femi brings years of practical experience in operations and supply chain management, where he has worked at the intersection of strategy, execution, and accountability. His professional background reflects a deep understanding of how systems function in real life, how decisions ripple across people and processes, and how strong operational foundations are essential for long term stability and results.
Throughout his career, Femi has been trusted with navigating complexity, managing competing priorities, and leading initiatives that require both precision and sound judgment. His experience spans operational planning, process improvement, governance, and stakeholder engagement in environments where outcomes matter and where decisions must balance efficiency with responsibility. This combination of operational discipline and strategic thinking has shaped his leadership style, which is grounded, thoughtful, and deeply people focused.
Beyond his professional work, Femi is a devoted single father who has personally navigated the family court system while advocating for the stability, wellbeing, and best interests of his children. His journey as a parent has not been theoretical or distant. It has been lived day by day, through real decisions, real consequences, and real impacts on children’s lives. This firsthand experience has given him a profound appreciation for how legal, social, and institutional decisions affect families in practice, not just in policy or paperwork.
Through these experiences, Femi has come to understand how systems that are designed to support families can sometimes unintentionally create instability for children when processes lose sight of the human realities involved. He has seen how clarity, fairness, and child centered decision making can make the difference between long term harm and long term healing. These insights have shaped both his advocacy and his commitment to constructive solutions that prioritize children without disregarding parental dignity.
Through Put Children First, Femi is committed to supporting child focused outcomes that place children’s emotional, relational, and developmental needs at the center of decision making. He is passionate about empowering parents with clarity, compassion, and practical understanding, while encouraging approaches that promote cooperation, stability, and long term wellbeing. His work reflects a belief that families deserve systems that are fair, transparent, and rooted in the best interests of children, not driven by conflict or imbalance.
Femi brings a rare combination of professional expertise, lived experience, and principled leadership to his work. His commitment is not only to advocate, but to help families move forward with dignity, fairness, and sustainable stability, ensuring that children are protected, heard, and supported in both policy and practice.
