COOPERS - Key Persons


Babatunde Aiyegbusi

Job Titles:
  • Head Logistics and Administration
Patrick belongs to a long agricultural family history based in Benue, North Central Nigeria. He is a testimony to the impact of farming …

Mohammed "Tunde" Maikano-Lawal

Job Titles:
  • Partner
  • Principal
Tunde heads the Administrative department at Coopers Commodities Co (3C). He is exceedingly multi-tasking in outlook and his experience in Banking…

Ugoji Lenin Ugoji - Founder

Job Titles:
  • Executive Vice Chairman
  • Founder
  • Director at TMTC
Meck is an alumnus of the prestigious Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria where he studied Business Administration… Lenin is a Director at TMTC and has over 15 years Banking/ Financial Sector experience and served as the pioneer Head Treasury /Chief Investment Officer of the Aquila Capital Group. He was instrumental in creating the Group's funding and investment structure including securing Private Equity investment and foreign Development Financial Institution funding. He is especially skilled in funds management and deal structuring and has been instrumental in the raising of finance (over N20 billion) from local and global sources over the last 10 years for the Aquila Capital franchise. He was instrumental in securing the Private Equity interest of AfricInvest (Tunis Based PE Fund with $550m under Management) in the Aquila Group and subsequent long-term loans from FMO, BIO and a host of foreign Developmental Finance Institutions. He served as the pioneer Managing Director of Aquila Asset Management (Aquila Group's asset management subsidiary) from 2011 to 2015. Prior to his time at the Aquila Group, Lenin worked at Continental Trust Bank (now UBA) and NAL Bank (now Sterling Bank) in Treasury, International Operations and Domestic operations groups. He holds a Bachelors' Degree in Estate Management from the University of Lagos and an MBA in Banking & finance. He is also a Chartered Pension professional and an Associate of the Certified Pension Institute of Nigeria. Lenin is a registered Capital Market operator with the Securities and Exchange Commission. He is a practicing volunteer and is the founder of Praetorian Capital Partnerships Limited; a franchising advisory enterprise. Lenin is also a member of the Board of Directors at TMTC.