Governor of Lagos State

His Excellency, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu

President and CEO
CFA Institute

Marg Franklin, CFA

Marg Franklin, CFA, leads the CFA Institute and its more than 170,000 members worldwide in promoting the highest standards of education, ethics, and professional excellence in the investment profession. She assumed her role in September 2019 and has more than 25 years of investment and wealth management experience.

Before joining the CFA Institute, Ms. Franklin led International Wealth Management for North America and was president of BNY Mellon Wealth Management, Advisory Services in Canada. She also served as a board member of BNY Mellon Trust Company (Cayman). Margaret joined BNY Mellon in 2016.

Prior to joining BNY Mellon, Ms. Franklin held multiple senior management positions, including president of Marret Private Wealth and COO of Marret Asset Management, a credit and hedge fund asset manager in Toronto. During that six-year tenure, she had direct oversight of all aspects of the private wealth business. Prior to joining Marret, Margaret was a partner with KJ Harrison & Partners.

Ms. Franklin began her career in the institutional business and has worked with pension plans, endowments, foundations, and government agencies at State Street Global Advisors, Mercer, and Barclays Global Investors.

She previously served as chair of the CFA Institute Board of Governors and is a former president of the CFA Society Toronto Board. Ms. Franklin is a founding member of the CFA Institute Women in Investment Initiative, a past recipient of the Alfred C. Morley Distinguished Service Award in 2014, and a member of its Future of Finance Content Council.

Ms. Franklin earned a Bachelor of Administration in Economics from McMaster University in Ontario. She is a CFA charterholder and a member of the CFA Society Toronto

Senior Director, Head of Treasury and Financial Institutions
Africa Finance Corporation

Banji Fehintola, CFA

Banji is a Senior Director and Head of Treasury & Financial Institutions at Africa Finance Corporation (AFC). He is responsible for managing the Corporation’s balance sheet with total assets of about US$10.5 billion and leading the implementation of its annual funding program in the international loan and debt capital markets. Banji joined AFC in January 2008 and as the pioneer Treasurer of the Corporation, he was instrumental in setting up the Corporation’s treasury function and leading AFC to becoming one of the leading African credits in the international loan and debt capital markets.

He has led several landmark borrowing transactions that AFC has executed since its inception. He manages AFC’s relationship with its rating agencies, bankers, and asset managers. AFC in one of the highest investment grade rated entities in Africa with a credit rating of A3 from Moody’s. Prior to joining AFC, Banji worked with the Fixed Income, Currencies and Commodities team of Citibank Nigeria and the Tax and Business Advisory Division of former Arthur Andersen. He is a Chartered Accountant, with a first degree in Economics and a master’s degree in International Finance.

He is also a CFA Charter holder and Board of Governors of CFA Institute.

Regional Executive, UEMOA Managing Director
Ecobank Cote d’Ivoire

Paul-Harry Aithnard

Mr. Paul-Harry Aithnard is the Managing Director of Ecobank Cote d’Ivoire & Regional Executive, UEMOA since December 2018. Prior to this, he was Ecobank Group Head, Securities, Wealth and Asset Management since September 2012, in charge of brokerage, debt & equity capital markets as well as wealth and fund management activities. In this position, he has grown assets under management to $ 1 billion and has earned Ecobank the “Best Performing Broker in Africa” award, according to Africa Investor Magazine in 2015.

to this position, he was the Group Head of Research of Ecobank Group from 2008 to 2014. Under his responsibility, the Research Division was awarded as the best “Research Team in Africa” over 3 consecutive years between 2011 and 2013. 

Prior to joining Ecobank, Paul-Harry worked in various positions between 2000 and 2008 with BBSP, a leading Investment Advisory firm located in Paris, Montreal and Singapore. As Global Head of Commodities, and Co-Head of Global Macro Advisory in Paris, Paul-Harry supervised all global macro and commodities research at BBSP and advised key institutional clients (Banks, Asset managers, and Hedge funds) on investment strategies in various assets/markets, including commodities, fixed income, equity and currency markets in Africa.

From 2000 to 2007, Paul-Harry was the Deputy Managing Director of the BBSP North American affiliate, in charge of Global Advisory and Sales. Paul-Harry holds a Master’s degree in History from Sorbonne Paris IV, a postgraduate Degree in Business Administration and a Master’s degree in Finance from HEC Montreal.

Executive Director & Chief Investment Officer
Africa Finance Corporation

Sameh Shenouda

Mr. Shenouda brings over 27 years’ experience in fundraising and investments in international capital markets, with a focus on the development of infrastructure projects, setting up new platforms and has backed strong management teams. He has deep knowledge of African markets and has worked across all of AFC’s priority sectors. He is the former CEO of Zarou, a developer, owner, builder and operator of infrastructure projects in Africa, the Middle East and South Asia. During his time at Zarou, Mr. Shenouda raised US$1 billion of funding for Zarou from Blackstone Group, one of the world’s leading private equity investor. Prior to Zarou, he served as Head of Infrastructure (Equity Investments) at CDC Group Plc, the UK’s development finance institution, where he built CDC’s direct infrastructure equity business which, under his leadership, invested in excess of US$2 billion in Africa and South Asia. He has also acted as Natural Gas Industries Director at Orascom Construction Industries and Investment Principal in Actis, a leading US$4.8bn emerging markets private equity fund management business.

Mr. Shenouda, who is a graduate of INSEAD, holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree in Financial Management from the University of Exeter, UK, an Master of Arts degree in Development Studies and a BA honours degree in Economics, the last two qualifications from the American University in Cairo, Egypt.

Coverage Director and Head of Nigeria Office
British International Investment (BII)

Benson Adenuga

Benson Adenuga joined British International Investment as Head of Office and Coverage Director for Nigeria in November 2019. Previously, Benson worked for the IFC in South Africa where he led their Financial Institutions Group (FIG) for sub-Saharan Africa, and previously for Anglophone West Africa. Before joining the IFC, Benson worked at Actis in West Africa for eight years as an Equity investor. Benson started his career as a chartered accountant working for Arthur Andersen and KPMG. Benson is based in Lagos.

At British International Investment, Benson is responsible for originating investment opportunities and supporting deal execution and portfolio management activities in Nigeria. He also leads our in-country stakeholder engagement (including with HMG) and British International Investment office administration in Nigeria.

Chief Executive Officer
Access Pensions Limited

Dave Uduanu, CFA

Associate Vice President
AFC Capital Partners

Ziyanda Mpakama

Ziyanda Mpakama a senior member of AFC Capital Partners team, is a seasoned Infrastructure Finance Specialist with 15 years’ experience in Public-Private-Partnerships and Project Finance in the African renewable energy and water industries. She has been involved in the full project development cycle, from project preparation and development to implementation, both from the private and public sector sides.

Her career in development finance started at the Public Investment Corporation (“PIC”), South Africa’s largest Asset Manager which manages the Government Employees Pension Fund and finances projects in the Renewable Energy Sector. Post her time in the energy sector, Ziyanda moved into funding water infrastructure projects while working for the Stockholm International Water Institute and the Industrial Development Corporation.

She holds a Master’s degree in Development Finance from the University of Stellenbosch and is currently enrolled for a MSc in Climate Change & Development with the University of London’s School of Oriental and African Studies.

Partner
Oliver Wyman, South Africa
Board Member, CFA Society Ghana

Sandra Villars, CFA

Sandra is a senior professional bringing over 20 years’ experience with global top tier financial services institutions. She has worked with over 20 financial institutions in the US, UK, Europe, Middle East and Africa. Her areas of focus in Finance & Risk include ESG, treasury and prudential regulation.

Client work examples:

•Piloting and development of a framework for assessing and reporting on nature risks and opportunities for African financial institutions.

•Development of the strategic asset allocation for a Gulf asset manager and analysis of specific investment opportunities.

•Stress testing a European investment bank’s public sector investment strategy and ensuring fit to strategic objectives and regulatory compliance.

Experience working directly with leading African banks:

•As Head of Capital and Treasury Management for the Ecobank Group, instrumental in establishing the Sustainable Financing Framework and managing partnerships with development finance institutions. Managed capital across 36 countries in addition to funding and liquidity of the corporate treasury and strategic transactions.

•As Head of Treasury and Capital Management for Standard Bank’s Africa Regions, focused on optimising risk adjusted return, capital and liquidity of the portfolio across 17 countries in Africa.

Sandra holds an MSc in Management Science & Engineering from Stanford University and BSc (Hons) in Operations Research & Financial Engineering from Princeton University. She is a CFA charterholder (2004).

ESG Investment Analyst
World Wildlife Fund South Africa

Thabang Selota

Thabang Selota is an investment professional who joined WWF South Africa in August 2022. Currently serving as an ESG Investment Analyst in the Business Development Unit, he brings with him extensive experience of approximately 5 years in the asset management industry. Thabang has previously held positions at reputable firms such as Ninety One (formerly known as Investec Asset Management) and Allan Gray.

In addition to his role at WWF South Africa, Thabang serves as the ESG and Biodiversity Credits lead for the Sustainable Finance Coalition. As part of this coalition, he actively contributes to the incubation and implementation of finance solutions aimed at establishing effective and enduring naturescapes across Africa.

Thabang’s educational background includes a Bachelor of Engineering in Chemical Engineering from the University of Witwatersrand. He has also obtained a sustainable finance accreditation from the University of Cambridge’s Institute for Sustainability Leadership. Furthermore, he holds a certificate in ESG Investing from the CFA Institute, and he is currently a CFA Level 2 candidate.

Chief Executive Officer
Gokada

Olutosin Oni

Mr. Olutosin Oni serves as Chief Executive Officer at Gokada. He served as Managing Principal, Investments and Portfolio Management at EchoVC Partners. Prior to joining EchoVC, Tosin co-founded a number of startups including a boutique financial advisory firm in which he helped develop strategy and advised clients and a securities trading platform.

He was previously Head of Structured Products at FBN Capital Limited, a role in which he managed the launch of the Structuring desk and led the development of the desk’s risk management and performance management frameworks. While at FBN Capital, Tosin set up the firm’s structured products vehicle through which the company managed over N100 billion in assets. He also led the setup of FBN Capital’s Market Making desk.

Tosin graduated from Imperial College, London with an MSc. in Computing Science and an MEng. in Chemical Engineering. He has also worked at UBA Capital (now United Capital Plc) where he worked on transactions raising over US$1 billion in debt capital, and Quality Capital Management, a UK-based systematic global macro hedge fund.

Co-Founder
Bluechip Technologies Ltd

Olumide Soyombo

CEO/Co-Founder
Cowrywise

Razaq Ahmed, CFA

Razaq is the co-founder and CEO of Cowrywise, a fintech start-up digitizing retail wealth management. He is CFA charterholder and has a first-class degree in Economics from Obafemi Awolowo University in Nigeria.

Cowrywise is a fintech startup licensed by the SEC of Nigeria as a fund manager. They are digitizing investment management and democratizing access to savings and investment products for the growing population of the underserved African middle class and millennials. Cowrywise is backed by venture capital firms including Quona Capital, Y Combinator, Venture Souq, SHL Capital, Kairos 50 Ventures, and Catalyst Fund.

Razaq started out his career as an investment analyst with investment management firms, including Meristem and Vetiva in Nigeria, and was Business Economist with Shell Petroleum Development Company before founding Cowrywise to democratise access to investment products to millions of retail investors.

Chief Executive Officer
Renaissance Capital Africa

Samuel Sule, CFA

President
CFA Society East Africa

Francis Nasyomba, CFA

Francis is a CFA charter holder, and a CPA, with more than 15-year experience in the field of accounting and financial investment with specialization in Private Equity.

He started off his financial career with Deloitte in the audit department where he left as an audit senior. He has experience managing transactions in various Private Equity houses including TBL Mirror Fund, Centum Investments, and Agrivie encompassing various sectors ranging from Food and Agribusiness, Financial Services, Healthcare, Education, Real Estate, Technology, and FMCG. He has been involved in differently sized transactions as an investor and advisor and also managed portfolios at various stages of growth.

He is a Principal at Raisin Capital and Investments and is in charge of Special Opportunities Investments in addition to overseeing advisory engagements across the business. He is responsible for the setup, product development and go to market of Raisin; he imparts his skills and knowledge in advisory and passion for distressed assets, bringing with him his vast experience in transactional structuring, risk analysis, portfolio management, and business funding among others. Francis is engaged with the CFA society and supports in various initiatives including participating in the CFA challenge mentoring CFA surgeries, and conferences participation among others.

General Partner
HealthCap Africa

Dr. Ola Brown, MFR

Dr. Ola Brown is the General Partner at HealthCap Africa, an investment firm specializing in early-stage investments within the healthtech and fintech sectors, along with infrastructure investments. HealthCap has created nearly 1000 direct jobs, supporting approximately 12,000 indirect employment opportunities, achieving gender diversity with 56.7% representation of women and 49.5% of women in management positions.

Dr Ola co-founded and managed funds at Greentree Investment Company, which delivered an impressive IRR of 25%, a TVPI of 7x, and a DPI of 5.01x, marked by a successful exit Paystack among six investments executed. GreenTree was the first institutional investor in Paystack and played a significant role in its success.

Her educational background includes a Bachelor’s degree in Medicine, a Master’s degree in Finance and Economic Policy (major), she is currently in the process of completing her Ph.D. in Finance, with a research emphasis on digital currencies, financial inclusion and monetarypolicy.

Dr. Ola Brown is a published author with five books to her credit, among her notable works are “Economics, Banking, and Finance in Emerging Markets,” where she delves into the unique challenges faced by emerging economies. Another noteworthy publication authored by her is “Journey to Series A,” which provides valuable insights to financing for technology companies.

Her entrepreneurial journey includes founding “Flying Doctors Nigeria,” a tech enabled urgent care services marketplace that has made an impact across 45 of 54 African countries, responding to over 15,000 emergency requests and demonstrating her unwavering commitment to addressing critical healthcare needs.

Former Minister of Industry, Trade, and Investment
Chairman/Co-Founder
African Capital Alliance

Okechukwu Enelamah, CFA

Okechukwu Enelamah is the Co-founder and Chairman of African Capital Alliance (ACA), a leading independent investment management firm sponsoring funds and managing investments across a variety of sectors in Sub-Saharan Africa. He is the chief promoter of the Nigerian University of Technology & Management (NUTM) where he serves as Chairman of the Governing Board. Prior to holding these key positions, he served as the Minister of Industry, Trade, and Investment in the Federal Republic of Nigeria from 2015 to 2019 after working as Chief Executive Officer of ACA.

Prior to ACA, he gained experience in Private Equity while working for Zephyr Management L.P. and Capital Zephyr Limited in New York and Johannesburg. Okey is a seasoned accountant with experience working with Arthur Andersen in Nigeria and London as well as Goldman Sachs in New York and London. He is a qualified medical doctor and a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN). He is a Chartered Financial Analyst and holds an MBA from the Harvard Business School where he was a Bakers Scholar. He is a Fellow of the inaugural class of the Africa Leadership Initiative-West Africa and a member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network.

Head of Sustainability
Ecobank Transnational Incorporated

Rachael A. O Antwi

Rachael is the Head of Group Sustainability and ESG for Ecobank Transnational Incorporation. She is responsible for supervising the bank’s 33 subsidiaries’ global sustainability and ESG initiatives. She collaborates with the board and teams to develop strategies and policies that integrate sustainability into all aspects of the bank’s operations. She has been featured on CNBC Africa and other platforms as a media commentator on sustainable finance-related topics in Africa. She is also the sustainability spokesperson for Ecobank.

She holds a Master of Science from the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom, a law degree from the University of Pretoria in South Africa, and a Bachelor of Commerce from the same institution. She is the deputy chair of the International Capital Markets West African Regional Committee and a former member of the Centre for Environmental Rights in South Africa’s non-executive board.

Vice President
CFA Society South Africa

Thato Mashigo, CFA, CAIA

Thato is Vice President of CFA Society South Africa, a Venture Fellow at Insignia Ventures, and a Portfolio Manager at Sanlam. He was a founding member of 100 Women in Finance South Africa and the only male on its National Working Committee. Thato previously sat on the Group Advisory Council for the City of Johannesburg.

Thato has over a decade’s experience in banking and investments, having worked at Citigroup, Credit Suisse, BNP Paribas and currently Sanlam. He holds an Economics degree from Rhodes University; a Finance (Hons) degree from the University of Cape Town; and a Masters in Finance degree from INSEAD. He also holds the CFA and CAIA designations. Thato has lived on four continents, having worked as a Casino Dealer, an English Teacher, and Film Producer along the way.

Managing Director
FMDQ Securities Exchange Limited

Tumi Sekoni

Ms. Sekoni is the Managing Director of FMDQ Securities Exchange Limited. She also serves as a Non-Executive Director on the Boards of FMDQ Clear Limited, FMDQ Depository Limited, FMDQ Private Markets Limited and iQx Consult Limited.

She holds an MBA from Durham Business School, UK; and a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Lagos, Nigeria.

Over the last twenty (20) years, Tumi has built her career across Trading, Operations, Business Analysis, Business Development, Products & Markets Development, Marketing and Project Management in various organisations including Guaranty Trust Bank PLC, Goldman Sachs International, UBS, London and Merrill Lynch.

Managing Director
Mango Asset Mangagement

Ola Sowemimo, CFA

Chief Executive Officer
Economic Associates (EA)

Dr. Ayo Teriba

Ayo Teriba is CEO of Economic Associates (EA) where he provides strategic direction for ongoing research and consulting on the outlook of the Nigerian economy, focusing on global, continental, national, regional, state, and sector issues. Ayo is the Coordinator of the Technical Working Group (TWG) on Financial Sector and Capital Markets on National Development Plans MTNDP 2021-25, MTNDP 2026-30, and Nigeria Agenda 2050. He is the Vice-Chairman of the Technical Committee of the National Council on Privatization (TC-NCP), aligning privatization programmes with the macroeconomy. He is a Member of Board of Economic Advisers in the Office of the Economic Adviser to the Vice-President, contributing to the conception of economic policy ideas for the country. He is a Member of Nigeria’s Industrial Council, shaping efforts to ensure Nigeria’s industrial advancement.

Before becoming CEO of EA in 2004, Ayo was Chief Economist at ThisDay Newspaper (2001-2004), Faculty Member at Lagos Business School (1995-2001), Head of Research at Lagos Chamber of Commerce (1993-1995), and Company Economist at UAC of Nigeria (1992-1993). He has also worked as Consultant to many blue-chip companies, Federal ministries, departments and agencies, State Governments, DfID, USAID, UNIDO, World Bank, GIZ, and was a Visiting Scholar to the IMF Research Department in Washington DC. Ayo received grants from Ford Foundation and Rockefeller Foundation, chaired the steering committee of Money, Macroeconomic and Finance Research Group of Money Market Association of Nigeria. He is a Council Member and Chair of Economic and Statistics Committee of Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry, a Non-Executive Director of Proshare, and was a Non-Executive Director of Greenwich Trust Group.

Ayo earned B.Sc. Economics from University of Ibadan with Sir James Robertson Prize and Medal, UAC Prize in Economics, and Economics Departmental Prize as all-round best economics graduate in 1988, M.Sc. Economics from Ibadan in 1990, M. Phil. Economics of Developing Countries as a Cambridge-DfID Scholar at University of Cambridge in 1992, and Ph.D. in Applied Econometrics and Monetary Economics from University of Durham in 2003. He is an Alumnus of Lagos Business School (AMP 5) and Henley Business School (BDP) Executive Programmes.

Managing Director/CEO
United Capital Asset Management

Odiri Oginni, CFA

Odiri Oginni is currently the MD/CEO at United Capital Asset Management Limited. She has over 12 years’ relevant experience in the financial services sector in the areas of audit and compliance, portfolio management, financial analyses and reporting enhancements, tax and regulatory management, strategy and investor relations, treasury and cash flow management, business process automation, capital raising (equity and debt), budget preparation and analysis, corporate rating management and finance team training and development.

Her past roles include Group Chief Finance Officer, Head, FINCON and Head, Financial Planning, Strategy and Investor Relations at United Capital Plc. Odiri was also the CFO at UBA Capital Limited (the defunct investment banking arm of United Bank for Africa Plc), Portfolio Analyst at BGL Plc and Audit Senior at Akintola Williams & Deloitte (now Deloitte and Touche). She is a First Class graduate of Accounting from Babcock University, an Associate member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria and a CFA Charter holder.

Head of Risk
InfraCredit

Chidi Mike-Eneh

Chidi is currently the Head of Credit Risk at InfraCredit. He is a professional with over 20 years of experience in Credit Risk Management, Structuring and Syndications, Financial Analytics, and Asset recoveries. Prior to InfraCredit, he was a Senior credit analyst-corporate credits at Union Bank of Nigeria and held a credit approving authority mandate. Chidi has held senior credit analyst and management roles in financial institutions such as Credit Manager (specialized credit) at Stanbic IBTC Nigeria, Credit Risk Documentation Officer at Citigroup Nigeria, and Remedial Manager (Asset Based finance) at
Citigroup Nigeria. He holds a BSc. in Biochemistry from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, and an MSc. in International Business & Emerging Markets from the University of Edinburgh Business School.

Chidi is also a Board Member, as well as the Risk and legal Thematic lead at the Financial Center for Sustainability (FC4S), where he has leveraged his expertise and experience to maintain oversight on initiatives that will develop de-risking mechanisms in supporting/ promoting the issuances and investments in sustainable finance related instruments, reduce regulatory and compliance risks relating to climate-friendly projects and drive market discussion around pricing of green instruments taking cognizance of its developmental impacts, amongst others mandates.

Director
ACCA Africa

Jamil Ampomah

President
CFA Society Ghana

Nana Boamah, CFA

Managing Director
FBNQuest Securities Limited
2nd Vice President
Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers

Fiona Ahimie, FCS

Fiona Ahmed Ahimie is the Managing Director of FBNQuest Securities Limited, a subsidiary of FBNQuest Merchant Bank which is a subsidiary of First Bank of Nigeria Holding PLC. Fiona was the Managing Director of African Alliance Limited, a South African Investment Banking firm where she worked before her current role. She has also worked with Cordros Capital, Stanbic IBTC Bank and Lead Capital Limited in varying capacities.

Fiona is an Accounting graduate from Lagos State University with equivalent professional qualifications as Chartered Accountant and Chartered Stockbroker. She holds an MBA from the prestigious Lagos Business School and a diploma from IESE, Spain.

She is the first female Vice President of the Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers of Nigeria, a position held by men for the last 30 years, which clearly distinguishes her, and she serves on various committees with exceptional contributions. Until recently, Fiona served on the board of Purple Real Estate Investment Limited, where she displays her advisory and supervisory abilities. She is currently a Non-Executive Director on the board of NGX Real Estate Limited, Women Reform Organisation and a member of the Statutory Audit Committee of the Central Securities Clearing System Limited (CSCS). Fiona is a member of the Curriculum Management and Learning Committee and a guest lecturer for the full time MBA class of the Lagos Business School. She has vast experience and in-depth knowledge in Finance and Capital Markets, with focus on strategy, project finance, asset management andproduct development.

Fiona is very passionate, professional, and entrepreneurial minded and serves on advisory boards of several SMEs. Lastly, Fiona serves as a mentor to many professionals including WIMBIZ’ Women on Boards Mentoring Programme and undergraduates. She is a pacesetter and a role model.

Chief Executive Officer
Page Financials

Segun Akintemi

Segun Akintemi is currently the CEO of Page Financials. He has over 30 years experience in the banking/Financial services industry of which 15 were spent in Senior Management and Executive positions.

He has exemplary leadership and business process/transformation skills employed in his past roles with responsibilities for shared services at Skye Bank plc with over 250 branches across Nigeria. He was also at various times responsible for the banks businesses across West Africa and particularly positioning the bank as one of the most technologically advanced financial institution in the country. He was a Director on the board of Law Union & Rock and is presently a member of the board of IHS Towers, the largest tower company in Nigeria.

As part of the founding team at Renmoney Microfinance Bank, he provided strategic leadership and direction at startup which led to its evolution as one of the leading consumer finance institutions in the country.

He holds a first degree in Computer Science from the University of Lagos and an MBA from the Prestigious Lagos Business School. He is an Alumnus of INSEAD Business School in France, Wharton Business School, University of Pennsylvania and has attended several senior management courses. He is a member of the Institute of Directors and Honorary Senior Member of the Chartered Institute of Bankers(HCIB).

Executive Director, Capital Markets
Nigerian Exchange Group (NGX)

Jude Chiemeka

Jude Chiemeka comes with over 26 years’ experience in Securities Trading and Asset Management across markets in Africa. He joined NGX from United Capital Securities Limited a subsidiary of United Capital Plc, where he was the MD/CEO. He had previously helmed affairs at leading investment banking firms in Nigeria such as Chapel Hill Denham Securities and Rencap Securities (Nigeria). He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers and an alumnus of the University of Lagos, Lagos Business School as well as University of Oxford, UK.

Group Chief Executive Officer
Ecobank Transnational Incorporated

Jeremy Awori

Jeremy Awori is the Chief Executive Officer of the Ecobank Group. He assumed this role on 1st March 2023, following a distinguished career of over 25 years in the financial industry. Prior to joining Ecobank, Jeremy served in leadership roles including Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Absa Bank Kenya, and senior roles at Standard Chartered in various countries and regions across the Middle East, South Asia and Africa.

Jeremy served as the former Chairman of the Kenya Bankers Association and was a former board member of the Kenya Private Sector Alliance (KEPSA). He is also a Board Member of the United Nations Global Compact Network Kenya.

Jeremy has received various prestigious awards in recognition of his outstanding achievements. These include being named one of the top two business leaders on the continent at the All-Africa Business Leaders Awards (AABLA), as well as Top CEO Impacting Business in East Africa by Business Monthly magazine three consecutive years (2020 to 2022). He is a Fellow of both the Aspen Global Leadership Institute and African Leadership Initiative.

Co-Founder & CEO
Incash

Sudhanshu Gaurav, CFA