Mr. Olusola Adeeyo is an experienced former banker who capped his banking career as part of the founding Owner /management team group that built and nurtured Investment Banking & Trust Company Limited (IBTC), now Stanbic IBTC Bank Plc to its enviable position in Nigeria’s banking sector, raising it to become a truly commendable continental institution and brand.
Mr Adeeyo joined Investment Banking & Trust Company Limited in 1989 as Director/Group Head Treasury and is credited with significant contributions in formulating and implementing the strategic direction of the bank. Before that, he had enjoyed a remarkable stint at the Nigeria International Bank, (NIB, now CITI Group, a subsidiary of CITI Bank NY). At NIB Mr Adeeyo was part of a team that built the bank’s Treasury to one of the most productive in the country.
In 1991, he set up Asset & Investment Limited, a Financial Services Advisory outfit which he served as Chief Executive Officer during which he was responsible for successfully arranging and raising debts for some States as well as trading companies. He further started several other successful businesses including; co-founding of Protea Hotel Oakwood Park, which was part of an international hotel brand managed and operated by the Protea Hotel Group of South Africa, now part of the Marriot Hotel Group, Astral Waters Limited, a leader in quality water production, bottling and delivery business.
He currently serves as the Chairman AXA Mansard Insurance Plc and had previously served on the board of other reputable companies including, as an Independent Director / Chairman Corporate Governance and Remuneration Committee at Central Securities and Clearing Company Plc (CSCS); Chairman Viathan Engineering Limited and others.
Mr Adeeyo holds a Master’s degree in International Relations from Northeastern University Boston, USA in addition to a B.A. in Political Science from the University of New York, Albany, New York USA.
