Board of Directors
Kayode Falowo
Chairman
Mr. Kayode Falowo is the Chairman of Greenwich Registrars & Data Solutions Limited. He is a seasoned investment banker with over 30 years of post-graduate experience and practice in Finance. He holds a BSc. (Hons) in Agricultural Engineering from the University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife) Oyo State in 1982 and an MBA (Finance) from the University of Benin.
He has attended numerous workshops and seminars, which include the International Management Programme and Chief Executive Programme at the Lagos Business School and Financial Training at the IESE Business School, Barcelona, Spain.
He is an active member of numerous professional and industry associations. He is a distinguished Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers, a Fellow of the Association of Investment Advisers and Portfolio Managers and a Fellow of the Certified Pension Institute of Nigeria. He is the President of the Nigerian-British Chamber of Commerce and Council Member of the Nigerian-Malaysian Business Council. In addition, he is a Member of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce & Industry, the Institute of Directors (IoD) Nigeria, the Institute of Management Consultants, the Nigerian Institute of Management and the Nigerian Society of Engineers.
He was a Council member of The Nigerian Stock Exchange and once served as the Chairman of the Capital Market Committee on Products and Business Development. He currently seats on the Board of the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) Plc, where he is also the Chairman of the Rules Committee. He was also a Member of the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG). He has, in the recent past, served as the Chairman, Association of Issuing Houses of Nigeria (AIHN), a past Member of National Bond Steering Committee, Rules and Regulations Committee of The Nigerian Stock Exchange and the National Essay Competition Committee of The Nigerian Stock Exchange.
Adewale Adegbite
Non-Executive Director
He earned a First Class degree in Accounting and Computer Science from the University of Sheffield, and an MSc in information Systems from the London School of Economics.
He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, an Associate of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Nigeria and Chairman of Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (Ogun State Branch).
Catherine Emuchay
Non-Executive Director
She obtained her first degree and a Masters degree in Public Administration from the University of Maiduguri and the University of Nigeria, Nsukka respectively. She is a member of the Nigerian Institute of Management, the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management and the Institute of Directors and is currently the Executive Director DTD Services with the overall responsibility for the management of the company’s human and material assets.
She has attended various training workshops and courses including the Strategic Human Resource Management Workshop of Harvard University, the Executive Management Program of Kellogg Graduate School of Management, International Management Skills, London and Governance, Risk Management and Compliance (GRC) by Informa Middle East.
She has, at various times, pioneered the development and implementation of human resource management policies for various companies and their employees worldwide.
Ade Bajomo
Non-Executive Director
Ade Bajomo is a financial services technology and business leader with global experience in Banking, Insurance and Capital Markets, and a track record of delivery in complex digital transformation programmes, strategic leadership, cybersecurity, innovation, advanced data analytics and global payments technology. He is passionate about the FinTech ecosystem and leveraging technology securely for exponential business growth, economic development and operational excellence.
He is currently the President of FinTechNGR, the leading FinTech ecosystem facilitator for Nigeria and Africa FinTechs with over 450 members. He served on the Board of Access Bank PLC, Africa’s largest retail bank by number of customers, from 2017 to 2022 as the Group Executive Director for Technology and Operations, repositioning the bank’s digital competitiveness to deliver exponential growth and an increased customer base from 7m to 50m. Prior to that, he worked at the Nigerian Stock Exchange as the Executive Director for Market Operations and Technology, where he delivered market wide transformational initiatives that repositioned the Exchange in the top three in Africa.
He has a global career spanning over 30 years, largely in the City of London and has held several senior board and leadership positions across several industries, including Chairman, Access Bank Kenya and a member of the MasterCard Global Technology Advisory Board. Bajomo has delivered major business transformation initiatives, mergers and acquisitions and service improvement programs, and driven business growth initiatives at scale. He has also spearheaded several technology and operations integration of acquired entities to achieve efficiency at a global level.
Ade graduated with a B.Sc. (Hons) degree in Engineering from the University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University). He holds an M.Sc. degree with distinction in Information Systems from South Bank University, and an MBA from Bayes Business School, City University London. He is a chartered member of the British Computer Society and a Member of the Institute of Directors.
Mrs. Aderonke Adedeji
Non-Executive Director
she is a Director of Greenwich Registrars and Data Solutions Limited as well as Leadway Holdings Limited and Prestige Assurance PLC. She is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accounts of Nigeria (FCA), a Fellow of the Chartered Association of Accountants (FCCA) UK and member of the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria (CITN).
Passionate about excellence, best practice, and good governance, having served as member of high corporate governance boards and board committees for over 20 years.
Mrs Adedeji acquired 35 years of well-rounded experience in Banking and Pensions. She worked as Board executive in Leadway Pensure PFA Limited where she was Managing Director/CEO as well as Executive Director at MBC International Bank. Her experience is in Corporate Banking, Investment Banking, Retail Banking, Private Banking, Corporate Management, Securities, Investment Management, Pension Fund administration and Portfolio Management.
She has attended top-level executive development courses including: The Chief Executive Program of the Lagos Business School, the High Potential Leadership Program at The Wharton School, the Leadership Excellence through Awareness and Practice Program at INSEAD Business School, and Corporate Governance program at the Northwestern University USA
Dr. Faruk Umar
Non-Executive Director
He is a member of the Board of Greenwich Registrars & Data Solutions Limited. He also serves on the Board of American Hospitals Limited and the Governing Board of PEARL Awards. He holds a B.Ed in Education from Bayero University Kano, a Masters in Education from Ahmadu Bello University and Doctorate of Philosophy in Educational Psychology from the University of Wisconsin in the United States of America.
In November 2018, he was conferred with the title of Babalaje of InisaLand, Osun State. He serves on the Audit Committees of Aso Savings Plc, SEPLAT Plc and NASCON Plc. He was the Permanent Secretary Special Duties in the Kano State Civil Service from 1983 -1984 and Manager, Educational Services of the Kano State Foundation from 1988 to 1991. Dr. Umar has also held various Board positions in Ashaka Cement Plc; Faisal Pacific Enterprises; Union Homes Savings and Loans Plc; Cement Company of Northern Nigeria Plc and Nahco Plc.
He is a Fellow of Institute of Directors (IOD) and an alumnus of INSEAD Institute. He has also attended several Executive Education and Board training courses at Harvard University and Euromoney London on Corporate Governance, Audit Committee and Risk Management.
Oby Chiki-Ijegbulem
Managing Director
She holds a B.Sc. in Economics from the University of Lagos, and is an Alumna of the Lagos Business School’s Advanced Management Program (AMP) and the IESE Barcelona, Spain.
Oby is a stockbroker and a vibrant member of the dealing community, a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria, Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers, and the Certified Pension Institute of Nigeria.
She is also a Securities Exchange Commission Sponsored Individual and an Authorized Dealer of the Financial Market Dealers Association.
She is currently the Managing Director of Greenwich Registrars & Data Solutions Limited and prior to this post was the Managing Director of Greenwich Securities Limited. She has vast experience in Investment Management, Corporate Finance, Advisory, Stockbroking, Bond Trading, Treasury Management and Operations. Prior to joining Greenwich, she was the Chief Operating Officer and Head of the Bond Trading Desk at the Securities Dealing subsidiary of FutureView Financial Services Limited. She at one time, served as an Investment Officer at Associated Discount House Limited , trading on Fixed Income and Discounted Instruments. She also had a stint as Head, Treasury operations at Associated Discount House Limited.
In 2018, She served on the committee for the Annual Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers conference.