PISTIS FINSERVE - Key Persons

Job Titles:

• FOUNDER
• MANAGING PARTNER
• Member of the Management Team

Femi is a business Strategist and entrepreneur with more than 17 years experience in all aspects of business formation, operation, finance, and management. He is the Founding CEO of StreetCred, Pistis Finserve and a Co-Founder of Cefea Supermarket and Stores. Over the course of his career, Femi has worked as a banker, a project manager, an IT professional and a Management Advisor at a strategy consulting firm which he co-founded. He began his career at Diamond Bank Plc where he worked for six years and became a Customer Service Manager with responsibilities for three business offices. Between 2012 and 2015, Femi was the Head of Technology and Data Management at SURE-P Maternal and Child Health, a $400 million special intervention programme established by the Government of Nigeria to combat the country's high maternal mortality rate. He has also served as a Student Advisor at the University of Southampton, UK. See Less! Oluwafemi holds an undergraduate degree from Obafemi Awolowo University, where he was selected as the top student in his major by university faculty and was awarded the Sadiq Ayeni Prize for Best Graduating Student. Femi is also an alumnus of Harvard School of Public Health's flagship Leadership Strategies for Information Technology in Health Care. He also holds a Master's degree in Business Strategy and Innovation (with Distinction) from the University of Southampton, UK where he studied as a British Chevening Scholar and won prizes for best performing student and best Master's dissertation. He also holds another Master's degree in International Affairs and Strategic Studies from the Nigerian Defence Academy. Outside his professional engagements, Femi is a public speaker, corporate activator, author and Bible teacher. He has spoken on several platforms including TEDx, written and published If I Rule the World: Winning in an Age of Change and Complexity (available on Amazon and Lulu) and founded The Readers100 Project (a reading and literacy charity). He is also the Founder of the International Centre for Enterprise, Strategy and Innovation, an international policy think tank.

Job Titles:

• GLOBAL PARTNER for CORPORATE and PORTFOLIO STRATEGY

Jero is a serial entrepreneur, gifted leader of people and manager of resources. He is the founder of Agile Financials Company, Agil Technology Solutions Ltd, DVerb Energy, Java Foods and Microcima Africa Investment company. He is a deeply accomplished and results-driven financial inclusion expert with profound competence in Strategy development, Digital Finance, Microfinance, Healthcare Management, Climate and Renewable energy as well as Impact and Inclusive Banking. A superb change agent with proven talents for building customer-focused organizations that exceed goals year after year and recruiting and developing other leaders with an equal desire to excel and win. See Less! He is an alumnus of Nigeria's Ambrose Alli University, the Harvard Kennedy School, MIT Sloan School of Management, Columbia Business School, Jack Welch Management Institute, Frankfurt School of Finance & Management, Pan-Atlantic University (LBS),the Helix Institute of Digital Finance and The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, where he obtained certifications in Digital Money and Operationalizing Mobile Money. He also attended the AMDP program at Regenesys Business school. Jero serves on the Board of MetroHealth Ltd, a Health insure-tech company, where he is responsible for business strategy, innovation and disruption. He was the MD of Primera Microfinance Bank, Fortis Mobile Money Ltd, Finnix Financial & Consulting company, COO of Fortis MFB Plc, and also served as Head, Customer Services at Diamond Bank Plc. He serves on several Boards in the financial services, Health care, Agric value-chain, Education, consulting and Fintech industries. Jero has led many ground-breaking initiatives that have not only deepened financial inclusion in Nigeria but has had significant impact in the lives of those at the base of the pyramid.

Job Titles:

• GLOBAL PARTNER for INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT

Samuel Ndubuisi, an Investor, Business Strategist, Nigerian entrepreneur, An Award-winning African Entrepreneurship Award Mentor 2018,($1million) powered by BMCE Bank of Africa where he mentored over 40 Businesses with Innovative Ideas, founded the Browncon Consulting Firm to assist SMEs, MSMEs and Top Tier Firms build structure, Increase Revenue and Maximize Share capital, with operations in Nigeria & Ghana and further established Browncon Investment a financial service firm specialized in fund management, Export, Real Estate, and Agriculture & Credit which has invested over $450,000. Samuel's specialty is launching and scaling their businesses in Africa, alongside providing strategic Implementation & maximizing business profit. See Less! An alumnus of Sean Cussons Business School (The Executive Program in Management), Tekedia Institute(MBA) USA, University of Leeds(Innovation Management), Metropolitan School Of Business & Management UK(Capital Investment) & London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine UK, a Certified International Award in Delivering Training(IADT) By the London Professional Training Centre and a Member of Various International Institute, Graduate of Mathematical Science. He has consulted for International and National Top Tier Organization with a turnover of over 5 Million Dollars and has an extensive base of experience spanning such varied disciplines as Project & Risk Management, ICT, Investment , Business Financing, Corporate Training, Data Analysis & Visualization,Performance management, Innovation & Strategy. Before launching his various businesses, Samuel worked at the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency, Preston Healthcare Consulting Limited, a public health research organization, and at SURE-P Maternal and Child Health, a $400 million special intervention program established by the Government of Nigeria to combat the country's high maternal mortality rate. As a mentor, Samuel offers advice to help SMEs in Nigeria & West Europe scale their businesses while maximizing profit. Outside his professional engagements, Samuel is active in voluntary organizations including BICTI (Benevolence International Care Trust Initiatives), as a Project Officer. He is also the Convener of BIL Investment Club & his Signature Online Masterclass course (How To Build Multiple Streams of Income). Samuel is a public speaker and corporate motivator trainer. He has spoken at a Business summit event and many other corporate gatherings and youth platforms. As a powerful speaker with an engaging platform presence, Samuel's singular mission is to help people discover themselves and to build a remarkable future. He speaks on Creativity, Finance, Investment, Leadership, Change Management, Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Talent Management. At his local church assembly, he is a counselor and an Assistant Head of the spiritual formation/training committee, a committee involved in preparing worship leaders for Christian service.

Job Titles:

• GLOBAL PARTNER for BUSINESS ANALYTICS and OPERATIONS

Adeleke is one of Nigeria's most promising young people. He is a Co-Founder of SYE Capital Ventures, a social enterprise with offices in Nigeria and Ghana. He is an expert on Business Operations, Business Process Analysis, Diagnostics and Process Improvement Implementation, Financial Management., Service Quality, Operational Excellence, Project Management, Change Management, Cost Monitoring and Risk Control. His professional experience spans more than a decade in such diverse fields as Accounting, Finance, Business Process Re-Engineering, Project and Program Management, Customer Service and Strategic Planning. See Less! His formal education was in the field of Economics at the University of Calabar. He has professional interests in Credit Management and Analysis, Business Planning and Strategy, Service Quality Management, Project Management, Organizational Alignment, Investment Management, Currency & Commodity Trading, Financial Budgeting and Forecasting. He has undertaken extensive research into the drivers of entrepreneurial successes and profitable scaling. This research has significantly deepened his understanding of the African startup ecosystem, especially those related to the retail end of the Nigerian financial industry. Outside his professional pursuits, Leke is a public speaker and a mentor to many young entrepreneurs both in Nigeria and abroad. He is also keenly interested in the educational development of the younger generation. He has an avid interest in books, music, governance and education. In his spare time, he participates in volunteer activities in the area of entrepreneurial training. We support new ideas that cannot be financed by traditional bank financing. We also focus on building companies that are seeking funding for the first time. We support these professionals to access funding while they focus on building their internal management and go-to-market strategies. In addition to these, we also provide extensive management support for companies, helping them develop operational strength while growing in revenue and size.