PRIME KBS INSTITUTE - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Managing Partner, Adkyke Consulting.
- Versatile Business Development Strategist
Dr Adebodun Sanyaolu is a Versatile Business Development Strategist with over thirty years hands-on experience in business re-engineering and strategic implementation of business growth plans. He is a resourceful Business Manager and Certified Trainer with local and international accreditations from the Centre for Management Development (CMD) and Development Dimensions Inc. (DDI). He is an accomplished A.L.E (Adult Learning Experience) Practitioner.
Extensive career of over twenty years with Pfizer Incorporation multinational companies (Pfizer products Plc and Livestock Feeds Plc.) provided ample opportunity for the acquisition of hands-on experience in Strategic Business Management. He retired in 2007 from the board of Livestock Feeds Plc having served for ten years predominantly as the Executive Director Marketing and Business Development with overall responsibilities for Sales, Marketing and Strategic Business Development for all business segments.
Adebodun features as coach, counselor and facilitator for corporate organisations, he is involved in training and capacity building initiatives of several institutions in the financial and non-financial sectors in the areas of Leadership training, marketing and client relationship management initiatives. He serves as consultant to management consultancy firms, government establishments, and professional associations.
Job Titles:
- Banker
- CEO, Leadership Paradigm Consultants Limited.
Dr Basil Onugu, is a Banker by Training and Experience, and a certified Affiliate of Resource Associates Corporation (RAC) of Pennsylvania, USA. He is an accomplished, versatile and dynamic executive with outstanding management, interpersonal, communications and analytical skills.
An astute Management Consultant and Development Specialist, Dr Onugu focuses on human capacity Building in the areas of Leadership, Customer Service and Organisational Development, Good and Effective Governance and Credit Operations Skills, Process Design and Optimization, Financial Engineering, Capital Restructuring, Strategy Development and Effective Execution.
He is a member of many professional bodies including: Fellow of Institute of Management Consultants, Fellow of Institute of Credit Administration and Member of the Professional Practice Group (PPG) of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce Industry and Agriculture (LCCI). He is also a co-author of "The Craft of Credit Creation", a book that is widely used by Banks and Finance Houses. Also a part-time lecturer at Lagos Business School and ESUT Business School, Dr Onugu is also a director of many companies including an NGO which focuses on Poverty Alleviation and Women empowerment.
His major consulting concern is the transformation of individuals and organisations into better persons and entities.
He is a strong, participative leader and a result-oriented manager with solid record of accomplishments in academics, imparting knowledge, business restructuring, new business development, customer retention and effective team building.
Dr Onugu has a First Degree in Mathematics/Statistics/Education from University of Nigeria, Nsukka; a M.Sc. Degree (Finance & Accounting) from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.), Cambridge, USA and Ph.D. (Management) from ST. Clement's University, United Kingdom.
Job Titles:
- CEO, Spinlet Limited
- Chief Executive Officer of Spinlet
John Ajah is the current Chief Executive Officer of Spinlet - the first 100% Nigerian streaming and download service and a leader in the African content streaming and download space. He is a technology and business executive with over 13 years of experience in software development, project and product management, business analysis and business development.
Before his current role, John was at different points at Spinlet, the Head of Operations and the Business Intelligence and Product Development Manager; He also worked with Morpheus Online Business Solutions Limited (owners of buyam.com.ng) as a Senior Business Analyst and Product Development Manager.
John leads from the front, showing commitment and dedication to the process of innovation and value creation that would lead to delivering quality service offerings and outstanding user experience. His excellent understanding of technology and delivering solutions as services has been vital to shaping Spinlet into a service that understands the African market and one that continually strives to deliver the best of African content to the African and Global audiences the product serves.
In leadership development, he is committed to helping leader understand how to practically build high-performing teaming that develop technologies and business strategies that contribute to meeting the objectives of their organisations.
Job Titles:
- Managing Partner, Florychen Nigeria.
Job Titles:
- CEO, FundQuest Financial Services Limited.
- Managing Director / CEO of FundQuest Financial Services Limited
Mr Abiodun Akinjayeju is currently the Managing Director/CEO of FundQuest Financial Services Limited and also serves as Special Adviser to the Hon. Commissioner for Finance of Lagos State on technical matters.
Mr Akinjayeju assumed responsibility at FundQuest in July 2012 from FBN Capital Limited where he was at various times Head, Capital Markets, CEO FBN Securities Limited (a subsidiary of FBN Capital) and later as Vice President in charge of Investment Management overseeing the Funds and Asset Management business of the First Bank subsidiary between 2006 and 2011.
Prior to joining FBN Capital Limited, he was in charge of the Investment Banking Unit in the Corporate Finance Group of First Bank of Nigeria Plc. Between 1995 and 2001, Abiodun had responsibilities for the Capital Markets, Securities Underwriting and Wealth Management businesses of Afribank International Limited (Merchant Bankers).
His experience includes leading key deal structuring in project finance, financial advisory, debt and equity capital raising, investment management, and securities trading. He also has significant hands-on experience in privatisation advisory (buy-side and sell-side deal structuring), management buy-out and SME balance sheet restructuring.
He has a first degree in Accountancy from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (1988) and an MBA in Finance from Obafemi Awolowo University (1999). He is an Associate of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria and Fellow, Chartered Stockbrokers. He attended the Euromoney Senior Management Development Programme in 2001 and the Executive Management Programme of the London Management Centre in 2009.
Job Titles:
- Chairman of the Advisory Board
- Managing Partner at Context Consult Limited
Mr Abiola Popoola is the Managing Partner at Context Consult Limited. He previously served as Vice-Chairman Lagos State Public Service Commission and President/Chairman in Council of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management of Nigeria (CIPM). Mr Popoola did his first degree in Biochemistry at the University of Ibadan in 1976; his MBA was from University of Lagos. He has had over 15 years of Organizational development and Change Management experience from working both in Guinness Nigeria and Guinness Brewing Worldwide.
He is very exposed to strategic Planning processes having being a member of the Guinness Executive Committee with specific responsibility for HR for over 9 years. Mr Popoola's Training and development efforts in the past 14 years have been tailored towards developing HR professional, Executive Management and Leadership Capabilities.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Advisory Board
- Managing Partner, Intercommerce & Consulting Associates Limited
- Member of the Advisory
- Partner at Intercommerce & Consulting Associates Limited
Mr Ese Onosode is a Partner at Intercommerce & Consulting Associates Limited and Chairman of the Delta Economic Summit Group. He has also served as Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of FSDH Securities Limited - a subsidiary of FSDH Merchant Bank Limited then known as First Securities Discount House Limited from November 2005 to December 2012.
He is an economist, marketer and stockbroker with over thirty years' experience in Marketing, Stockbroking and Investment Banking, he holds a Bachelor of Arts degree and a Master of Arts degree in Economics from Baylor University in Waco, Texas, USA in 1983 and 1985 respectively. He has been a graduate of the Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers since 1989 and is currently a fellow of the Institute.
Over the cause of his illustrious career, he has remained a man of character and integrity, methodical, competent and always professional, honourable and fair in all his dealings. These attributes have always struck out clearly in the performance of his duties.
Job Titles:
- Senior Fellow at the Strategy, Entrepreneurship and SPEB, LBS.
Mr Isaac Orolugbagbe is a Senior Fellow at the Strategy, Entrepreneurship and SPEB Department of Lagos Business School and an Adjunct Faculty, Strategy & Corporate Governance at Strathmore Business School, Nairobi, Kenya.
Mr Kayode Oluwasegun-Ojo is a Finance professional with a track record in change management and business transformation whose experience to date covers the following industries: Audit and Assurance, Banking and Non-Bank Financial services, Aviation, and Maritime services. He was until recently the Group Managing Director of Japaul Oil and Maritime Services Plc (JOMS). Prior to JOMS, he worked as the Managing Director, Nigeria Aviation Handling Company (NAHCO) Plc where he led the change and business diversification strategy of the company to attain the prestigious ISAGO certification conferred by International Air Transport Association (IATA).
He has at various times worked for Lafenwa Osiberu & Co, Aba Ogunsola & Associates and then Ernst & Young. He joined the banking industry in 1991 and at various times worked for Midas Merchant Bank, MBC International Bank and finally, Associated Discount House Limited(Coronation Merchant Bank) where he rose to the position of General Manager in the company before being appointed to the board of NAHCO plc.
Job Titles:
- CEO, RTC Advisory Services Limited.
- Lawyer
Mr Opeyemi Agbaje is a Lawyer, a communication strategist, an economic and financial analyst and the Senior Consultant/CEO of RTC Advisory Services Limited, a strategy and business advisory firm with two main strategic business units: RTC Strategy, Advisory and RTC Policy, and Managing Partner of LEGAL X-RAYS (www.legalx-rays.com).
A 1985 graduate of the University of Ife, with two Masters degrees in both Law and Business from the University of Lagos (1989) and IESE Business School, Spain (1997), He has conducted extensive research on competitive and corporate strategy, and political economy. He writes a weekly column-"Economy, Polity, Society"-in Businessday Nigeria.
A Fellow, and former Head of Department of Strategy, Entrepreneurship and Business Environment, at the Lagos Business School, Nigeria. Opeyemi Agbaje has worked extensively in banking, and consults actively in strategy and management, business environment, policy and corporate law.
Job Titles:
- Chartered Accountant, NLP Master Practitioner, Certified Trainer, Organi
- Master Trainer, Great Place to Work Inc.
Mr. Olumide Ajomale is a Chartered Accountant, NLP Master Practitioner, Certified Trainer, Organisational Development Consultant and a Leadership and Performance Coach - with over 20 active training and consulting years experience behind him. He is a foremost Adult Learning Experience (ALE) practitioner and has featured in numerous training sessions and consulting assignments in and out of Nigeria.
His career and professional experience covers - Organisational Development Consulting, Public Sector Development and Capacity Building Consulting, Organizational and Personal Development Training, Lotteries Management, Telecommunications, Oil and Gas, Audit, Investigation, Financial and Management Consulting. He, at various times worked for Coopers & Lybrand, Mobil Oil Plc, Addax Petroleum, Intercellular Nigeria Limited, Globacom Ltd, Lotto Nigeria and HR Indexx Limited. He has also variedly consulted for numerous consulting firms and in particular World Bank and DFID.
Between 2007 and 2012, Olumide was engaged as Capacity Building Consultant by World Bank to supervise a capacity building intervention for Lagos State Government of Nigeria. He is a highly sought-after compere and conference speaker, he has featured as keynote speaker in conferences, workshops and retreats of professional bodies, public sector and leading blue-chip organisations.
He is currently Master Trainer for Great Place to Work Inc and has successfully led and run its franchised training programmes in Nigeria. No fewer than 3,000 mangers, since 2012, have benefited from his immense experience in understanding workplace best practices. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria and a Fellow of the Nigeria Institute of Training and Development.
Job Titles:
- Director
- Director, Prime KBS Institute.
- Institute Director
Mrs Bimpe Disu is the Institute Director of Prime KBS Institute, a leading provider of Knowledge Based Solutions and access to Short-Term Executive Education programmes in Nigeria and the UK. She has primary responsibility for providing overall strategic direction for the Institution, business development and coordination of activities of the institution.
Bimpe Disu has over 25 years of providing Strategic Direction, Corporate Finance, Treasury & Financial Services, Clients/Relationship Management, Marketing and Private Banking experience and has developed specialist skills in the following areas Business Development, Relationship Management, Financial & Business Advisory, Negotiation Skills, Capital Issues and Employee Supervision and Management.
Bimpe Disu started her banking career with Societe General Bank as an investment officer in the Corporate banking Division. Subsequently, she successfully built the Private Banking Unit of several financial institutions including Mutual Trust Savings and Loans Limited. Bimpe worked with Express Discount Limited, where she was part of the team that set up a profitable Corporate Finance group and Asset Management Subsidiary company.
Bimpe's last shop before Prime KBS Institute was at Associated Discount House where she started off as Head of Corporate Finance and then became Head of Capital Issues & underwriting. She was responsible for overseeing the structured finance and the Business & Financial advisory services Desks. With a first degree in Political Science and an M.B.A in Corporate Finance from University of Leicester, She is working on a PhD topic in Information Security Management.
Job Titles:
- Chief Operating Officer of Northstar Finance Services
- Chief Operating Officer, Northstar Finance Services.
Mrs Bola Oduyale is the Chief Operating Officer of Northstar Finance Services - a Finance Company based in Mauritius specializing in Consumer Finance, investing in Financial Institutions across West Africa.
Job Titles:
- Experienced Independent Training Consultant
Mrs Folasade Ogunnaike is the immediate past, Permanent Secretary for the Office of Establishments and Training, Lagos State Government from 2015-2017. Before this, she was the Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Cabinets Office. Prior to her post in Lagos State Cabinet Office, Mrs Ogunnaike was for 10 years a Director in LASG Civil Service Commission/Public Service Office.
Mrs Ogunnaike did her first degree in English at the University of Ibadan in 1978; her PGDE was from University of Lagos in 1981 and she is an Alumni of Harvard University. She is a seasoned Civil Servant with years of Individual and Organizational development experience. She is certified in, ‘Creative Thinking: Innovation Solutions to Complex-Problems' and a stickler for Effective Business Writing Skills.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Advisory Board
- CEO, CityBell Nigeria Limited.
- Managing Director of CityBell Nigeria Limited
Mrs Funlola Okanlawon is the Managing Director of CityBell Nigeria Limited - a leading elevator installation and maintenance company with a real estate industry support services division. She is the Co-Founder of DeSandalwood Logistics Limited - a Procument, Space Management and Interior Solutions Company.
She served as founding President/Chair of the Board of Directors at NECA's New Women Microfinance Bank between 2012 and 2016. She also served as a Member of the Advisory Board on UNIDO's National Quality Infrastructure Project - a programme designed to create a framework to support the improvement and establishment of missing standards and quality control bodies, which are needed to improve the quality of products and services exchanged in its domestic market, as well as inter nationally.
She is a graduate of Business Administration with a Masters in Public Administration from Boston University. Over the last three decades, she as worked as a business administrator, senior executive and strategy consultant to local and international organizations.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Advisory Board
- Managing Director of Madinka Ventures Limited and Chairman Audit and Risk Committee of the Institute of Directors of Nigeria
Mr Sule Umar Bichi is a graduate of Accounting from Bayero University, Kano. He is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (FCA) and Institute of Directors of Nigeria (FIoD). He also holds a Masters Degree (M.Sc.) in Economics from the Lagos State University and is an Alumnus of the Lagos Business School.
Prior to his appointment as Non Executive director, he was Managing Director/CEO of Red Star Express Plc. for nine (9) years, until expiration of his contracts in August 2016.
Mr Bichi is currently Managing Director of Madinka Ventures Limited and Chairman Audit and Risk Committee of the Institute of Directors of Nigeria.