With a solid academic background and extensive experience in the financial services industry, Olufemi Akinsanya is the Chairman of our esteemed board of directors. He holds a first degree in Economics from the University of Lagos and a MBA degree from Ahmadu Bello University, where he graduated at the top of his class in 1979.

After qualifying as a Chartered Accountant, he began his merchant and investment banking career with First City Merchant Bank in 1985, where he rose to the position of General Manager and Head of Corporate Finance in 1993. He was also a Director of City Securities Limited and represented CSL Stockbrokers Limited on the National Council of the Nigerian Stock Exchange.

In addition to being an Associate and Merit Award Winner (1983) of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria, he is also an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers of Nigeria and a licensed dealer on the Nigerian Stock Exchange. He is one of the founders of the Nigerian Economic Summit Group and was actively involved in designing the processes that modernized the securities market and established the investment banking profession in Nigeria.