Mr. Oluwole S. OduyemiAdboard Chair
Mr Oluwole S. Oduyemi is a retired Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and a past Chairman of Guaranty Trust Bank Plc and has over 40 years experience in the Nigerian financial services sector.
He started his banking career with a brief stint with Barclays Bank, after which he joined the Central Bank of Nigeria (“CBN”) in 1964 and rose through the ranks to become the Deputy Director of Banking Supervision Department in 1984. He became Director of Banking Operations in 1987. During his tenure as Director of Banking Operations, he implemented several foundational projects as a pre-cursor to the robust money market system currently in operation today. Some of these projects include the introduction of a market-based system for determination of Treasury bill rates, the introduction of OMO technique for liquidity management and the establishment of the Nigerian Inter-Bank Settlement Systems (NIBSS).
He holds a B.Sc degree in Accounting from the University of Lagos and a Master’s degree in International Banking and Finance from the Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh, UK. He became a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers (UK/Nigeria) in 1989. He has attended several courses in many institutions including the IMD in Lausanne Switzerland, London Business School, Cranfield Business School, FIDC (USA), Harvard Business School and the Federal Reserve Bank, Washington DC. He was given the award of Distinguished Alumnus by the University of Lagos in 1997.
Mr Oduyemi is on the Board of several companies and previously served on the Board of the Nigerian Security Printing and Minting Company, Nigeria Provident Fund (now NSITF) and Guaranty Trust Bank Plc.