PIER SCHOOL - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Member of the ADVISORY BOARD
Funmi is the generalist that provides guidance to the team on holistic and excellent educational service delivery. Her passion is in the development of affordable and effective education systems in Nigeria and Africa. She is an education consultant and a school management and training execution expert with over 13 years of experience, serving as a consultant to several schools in Nigeria and to DFID for the in-service training of teachers. She has worked as a Project Coordinator for the German NGO, AFOS Foundation, and as the Head of Meadow Hall Consult, Nigeria. She has also worked with KPMG, Guaranty Trust Bank, Afribank Capital, and Collageo Communications. She is currently a school Director at Kazahchat School, Abuja. Funmi holds a postgraduate Diploma in Education from National Teachers' Institute, a master's degree in Education for Sustainability from London South Bank University, an MBA from Lagos Business School (Pan Atlantic University), and a B.Sc. in Economics from Babcock University, Nigeria.
Dr Maria Montessori, the first female doctor in Italy, founded the Montessori Method of Education in 1907. After her graduation from the University, she got employed as an Assistant doctor in the University of Rome Hospital. There, she met children with learning difficulties and developmental delays…
Job Titles:
- Member of the ADVISORY BOARD
Michael brings a vast array of analytic insights on growth, business risks, and sustainability to the team. He is an astute investment banker whose expertise is in risk analysis, liquidity stress testing, and business sustainability. He has a wealth of experience garnered over 11 years of providing a wide range of financial services across the investment banking spectrum at Merrill Lynch, U.K., State Street Bank, U.K., Santander, U.K., and Santander Consumer, U.S.A. He is currently an Assistant Vice President, Stress testing Analytic at Bank OZK, USA. He holds a master's degree in Finance and Investments from London South Bank University, U.K., and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting from the University of Ilorin, Nigeria.
Job Titles:
- Member of the ADVISORY BOARD
Technology is transforming the world and changing our lives every day, but not all technology is educationally useful. Olawale guides and supports our engagement with technology for effective educational delivery and business improvement. He is a certified multi-cloud subject matter expert with a track record in helping organizations to digitally transform their processes and operations through cutting-edge technology. He has helped diverse organizations across Africa, operating in different verticals to design, build, secure, and manage deployed solutions in private and public cloud infrastructure. He is committed to seeing organizations experience exponential growth through the deployment of technology to reduce their total cost of operation (TCO) while increasing their returns on investment (ROI). He currently works at Reliance Info Systems, Nigeria, as the team lead of cloud and infrastructure services. He is a Microsoft Azure Certified Solutions Architect & DevOps Expert and a Microsoft Certified Security Engineer (MCT, MCP, MCTS, CCNSP, ICSI-CNSS, SCA). He holds a bachelor's degree in Information Technology from Atlantic International University, USA.
Job Titles:
- Member of the ADVISORY BOARD
Dr Olubunmi offers the team professional advice on educational development and legal perspectives on educational management. She is a lawyer and academic with over 10 years of experience teaching Law at the University of Lagos. Having taught and researched family law for several years, she has become a passionate advocate for the rights of children. She also brings with her a wealth of experience in counselling students and young adults on various issues bordering around life and living. In addition to her professional experience, she has volunteered in various capacities as a peer educator on several projects, and as a children's teacher. She holds a bachelor's degree in Law (LL.B), from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, a master's degree in Law (LL.M) from the University of Lagos and a PhD in Law from the University of Cape Town, South Africa.