Board of Directors

CHAIRMAN

Kayode Falowo

Mr. Kayode Falowo

NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Olutoyin Okeowo

Dr. Olutoyin Okeowo

Non-Executive Director

Dr. Olutoyin Okeowo is the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Metropolitan Motors Ltd. He has a wide range of experience having served on the board of several companies, including VT Leasing Limited, Meyer Plc., Greenwich Merchant Bank, Greenwich Trustees Limited, Funds Electronic Transfer Systems Limited, Kabelmetal Nigeria Plc., Oasis Insurance Plc and TMJ Properties Limited. He started his career as a lecturer in the faculty of Business Administration, the University of Lagos, before he resigned to join the family business in 1986.

Mr. Okeowo is the Chairman of the Equipment Leasing Association of Nigeria (ELAN) and the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the University College Hospital (UCH) Ibadan Foundation. He is a member of the Governing Council of several institutions including the Nigerian Institute of Management (NIM), Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo State and Immanuel College of Theology, Ibadan. In recognition for his unwavering and outstanding dedication to the service, in 2019, he was conferred the honorary degree of Doctor of Science (D.Sc) Business Administration by Ajayi Crowther University

He holds a master’s degree in Management Science and Technology from the University of Wales, UK, Institute of Science and Technology. He is an alumnus of Lagos Business School and a Fellow of the Institute of Directors of Nigeria (IOD).

He is a member of Metropolitan Club, Victoria Island. Lagos.

NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Adewale Adegbite

Mr. Adewale Adegbite is currently the group managing director of Oasis Group Limited.

He is an accountant who previously worked at KPMG UK, Accenture Nigeria, and NBM Bank PLC (now part of Sterling Bank Nigeria PLC) before joining the Oasis Group.

He is presently on the board of AIICO Pension Managers Limited, GTL Registrars Limited, and Cedar Express Limited.

He is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW), an associate of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN), and chairman of Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (Ogun State Branch).

He graduated with a first-class honors degree from the University of Sheffield and obtained a master’s degree from London School of Economics (LSE).

NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Anthony Uponi

NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Morenike Agbe-Davies

Morenike Agbe-Davies holds a law degree from Sussex University and was called to the Nigerian Bar in the year 2006.

She then pursued a postgraduate program leading to the award of LL.M. Law (Hons) from King’s College London between 2009 and 2010.

Morenike Agbe-Davies is currently the managing attorney of Silvax Legal, the brainchild of Angela Morenike Adebayo. The company was borne out of clients’ demand for cost-effective, fast, and efficient legal filings services in an industry where services such as these are not the priority.

Between 2008 and 2009, Ms. Agbe-Davies worked as a solicitor at Aluko & Oyebode where she handled large intellectual property portfolios for both international and Nigerian clients (including The Coca-Cola Company, GlaxoSmithKline, and Nokia).

Also, she was a foreign legal consultant at A. Williams & Co. (Solicitors) in London where she carried out legal research on an array of different transactions.

Morenike worked as a solicitor at Bentley Edu & Co. in association with Irving & Bonnar where she headed the Intellectual Property Law Department between 2010 and 2012.

NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Lawal Sani Stores

Lawal Sani Stores holds an MBA in Finance and Investment from Bayero University and HND in Business Studies from West Bromwich College of Commerce and Technology England. He has over 30 years work experience with exposure to operations of Nigerian Capital Market at various levels both at home and internationally.

Lawal Sani Stores worked with the Nigerian Stock Exchange from 1981 to 2001 and left as a Deputy General Manager. He joined the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in 2001 a Deputy Director and subsequently rose to become a Director, he was appointed as an Executive Commissioner of Finance and Administration at SEC.

He has attended various leadership courses and has served in various Capital Market Committee.

MANAGING DIRECTOR

Bunkaya B. Gana

Mr. Gana holds LL.B. and B.L. degrees. In 1988, he graduated from Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria and has over 20 years working experience.

He worked with L.D. Nzadon & Co legal practitioners between 1990 and 1992 and Taraba Investment and Properties Ltd between 1992 and 1997 before joining Afribank Trustees & Investments Ltd in 1997 as a manager.

He has attended several courses organized by Euromoney including Mortgage Securitization in Kampala, Uganda, and Management and Leadership in Lagos, Nigeria.