OUR DIRECTORS

Mr. John O.O. Akinleye, a Professional Banker is currently the Executive Chairman of the Board. A Barclays Bank Plc London-trained Registrar, a former Deputy General Manager of Union Bank of Nigeria Plc, an erstwhile Managing Director/Chief Executive of Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria, a former Chairman of Standing sub-Committee on Bankers’ Tariff, a sub-committee of the Bankers Committee, the apex body of the Banking Industry.

Mr Lawal Ayinde Lawal  holds a B.Sc degree in Banking and Finance,  Msc in Organisational Behavior and MBA in  Human Resource Management. He is a Fellow of both the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (FCIB) as well as Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers (FCS). He is a qualified Chartered Accountant.

He started his career  with Union Bank of Nigeria Plc from where he left as a Certified Management Trainer and Investment Manager for Ideal Securities and Investment Ltd  as Head of Capital Market. He joined Redasel Investment Ltd in March, 2008 and left as MD/CEO in December 2011. He later joined Renaissance Securities Nigeria Ltd  as a consultant/EquityTrader.  He was the Managing Director of AAL Ltd before joining Kinley Securities Ltd in 2018 as Managing Director/CEO.

Chief Oyekunle Oluwasanmi is a Legal Practitioner and former Honourable Minister for Power and Steel and a former Area Administrator of Nigerian Customs Services.

He was the former Chairman of News Agency of Nigeria and member of the State and Local Government Creation Committee. He is currently a private business man.

Chief J.A. Odeyemi is a Chartered Accountant by profession. He was once the Chairman Ecobank Nigeria Plc as well as Director of several other companies, including JKN Limited.

He also once served as Chairman of the Nigerian Accounting Standards Board, he was also once the President of NACCIMA.

Sir J. F. Familusi is an Economist, an Entrepreneur and Business Executive. He is the Chairman/Managing Director of Swede Control – an Inspection Agent.

He is a renowned business man with interest in mist sectors of the economy.

C.T. Akinleye (Mrs) is a retired Assistant Chief Nursing Officer at State House, Lagos. She was the Head of State House Clinic Ribadu Road Ikoyi – Lagos for many years during the administration of Obasanjo, Shagari, Buhari and Babangida.

She is a Director of Finance and Factoring Company Limited.

DR T.O. Farinre is an Engineer and Computer Scientist, formerly Head of Computer System Shell Petroleum Development Company Limited. He is on the Board of many other companies.

Mr Princewill Onyekachi Ojeh holds MBA from University of Port Harcourt. He is an Associate Member of both Nigeria Institute of Management & Marketing. He worked in Union Bank of Nigeria Plc where he rose to the position of Manager.

He is currently the National President of Association of Senior Staff of Banks, Insurance and Financial Institutions.

Mr John Omobolanle Akinwale Akinleye Jnr obtained a B.A. in Industrial Economics and Masters Degree in Information Technology from the University of Nottingham. Mr Akinleye Jnr started out his career with J. Sainsburys Ltd in UK, where he was employed as a trainee on the Sainsbury’s fast Track Management scheme.

However, Having completed the intensive training program Mr Akinleye Jnr decided to Move back to Nigeria, where he Joined the then Union Merchant Bank Ltd (Corporate Finance Department) now Union Capital Market Ltd and played an active role in the Banking consolidation exercise by taking a number of the Banks including Union Bank Nig Plc to the Market to raise the 25 Billion minimum Share Capital base required for them to stay in business.

Whilst with Union Merchant Bank Mr Akinleye Jnr gained quite a bit of experience and knowledge about the workings of the Capital Market by constantly liasing and working with members of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Nigerian Stock Exchange, other Issuing Houses as well as Stock Broking Firms in order to ensure that Offers were carried out successfully, and in a timely fashion. Mr Akinleye Jnr currently works in Kinley Securities Ltd, in the capacity of Head Compliance and Processes.