Itunu is a dedicated Chartered environmental practitioner with 19 years’ experience providing compliant and pragmatic advice to private and public sector clients on a wide range of environmental permitting projects in sectors such as utilities, fast moving consumer goods (FMCG), port infrastructure and oil and gas. She is currently a Principal Environmental Consultant with CARES Group where, based in their Nigeria office, she oversees environmental projects and activities in Nigeria and Tanzania.

As the pioneer Environmental Manager for Tetra Pak West Africa, she worked closely with potential local recyclers in Nigeria and Ghana to develop and facilitate beverage carton recycling in West Africa. She successfully introduced beverage carton recycling to Nigeria which resulted in her winning an Innovation Excellence Award at Tetra Pak.

She began her environmental career as a Technical Standards Analyst at Wessex Water UK where, using a carbon accounting tool, she was part of a team that successfully incorporated sustainable measures into technical design standards for water and wastewater treatment processes, ensuring compliance with applicable engineering standards and sustainability guidelines.

She was elected to the IES Council in 2025.