Board of Directors
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Abiodun Kola-Daisi, Chairman
Abiodun has over 20 years professional experience revolving around the financial services industry. He trained as an Economist at the University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University) and also obtained a Masters Degree in Business Administration (MBA) specializing in Banking and Finance from the University of Ibadan.
He is an associate member of the Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers of Nigeria, Nigerian Institute of Bankers and the Nigerian Institute of Management; He is also an Alumnus of the Lagos Business School (LBS). He was the Managing Director of Fountain Securities Limited prior to his appointment as chairman of Strand.
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Mr. Babajide Oluwasanmi, Director
Mr. Oluwasanmi is a seasoned banker and investment professional with over 12yrs of managerial experience in roles that cut across banking, insurance, retirement and financial planning as well as sales and marketing. He has worked for JPMorgan Chase where he rose to become a Vice President in charge of HNI and Small Business Financial Advisory Services. He also worked for companies like American Express Financial Advisor as a Personal Financial Advisor/Training Manager; Nations Bank now Bank of America as a Customer Service Representative and Life of Virginia as an Insurance Agent.
Locally, he has worked as Senior Manager at Capital Bank International, Assistant General Manager at Bond Bank, Assistant Vice President at Pensions Alliance Limited and Managing Director at 3line Card Management Limited. He is currently the Managing Director of Payment Technologies Limited (PayTech).
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Dr. Victor Alaofin, Director
Dr. Alaofin is an Executive Director of Nigerian Sports Lottery (NSL) Plc. He was the Pioneer Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of PayMaster Limited, Founding Managing Director of CPFP Limited and Associate Director/ Chief Operating Officer of Capital Partners. He also engaged extensively with the financial services industry through his work at Accenture in Corporate Strategy Formulation, Business Architecture Design and Organisation Design.
He has a Bachelors and Masters degree in Agricultural Economics from the University of Ibadan, and a PhD. in Economic Policy Analysis from Christian Albrecht’s University, Kiel, Germany.
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Mr Akin Areola, Director
Mr. Areola is an Executive Director of the National Sports Lottery (NSL) Plc. He has a wealth of experience in the courier and logistic business having worked as Managing Director Trans Nationwide Express Plc, Chief Executive Officer of Gaming Management Limited and in other positions with DHL International Limited, Red Star Express (FEDEX) and ABEX Parcel Services Limited.
He graduated in 1983 from the University of Benin with a Second Class Honours in Political Science. He also has an M.Sc. in Public Administration from the same university in 1986 and is fellow of the Leadership for Environment and Development (LEAD), a Rockefeller Foundation on Sustainable Development.
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Abiodun Akintaju, Chief Executive
Abiodun has a distinguished career that spans over a decade in the investment banking industry and is revered as one of the most brilliant and respected investment bankers in the industry today. He has played key roles in some of the largest transactions in the Nigerian capital market.
He has a M.Sc. in Investment and Finance from Middlesex University Business School, London and is an associate of the Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers and the Certified Pensions Institute of Nigeria. Prior to Strand he was: Head of Corporate Finance at FutureView Financial Services Limited; Executive Vice President at Santrust Securities Limited; Head of the Capital Markets and Distribution Unit at Capital Bancorp Limited; and Head of Operations at Peak Securities Limited.
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