Omotayo Adeola currently serves as the Honorable Commissioner, Ekiti State Ministry of Trade, Industry, Investment and Cooperatives to drive the ‘Shared Prosperity’ Agenda of Governor Oyebanji Administration in growing the economy.
An Investment Banker with over 30 years’ experience in originating, structuring and exec uting c omplex transac tions, Treasury Management, Investment Management, Securities Trading - Fixed Income and Equities (Bonds, Treasury Bills, Commercial Paper, Debts. Listed Equities), Business Development, Risk Management (Market Risk, Liquidity Risk, Operational Risk, IRRBB, ICAAP, Basel 2 and 3), Asset and Wealth Management, Project Management, Capital Raising and Financial Advisory.
Mrs. Adeola began her career with Icon Limited (Merchant Bankers) in 1990, joined Consolidated Discounts Limited in 1996 as a pioneer securities dealer and managed assets in excess of $1.2billion USD. She was the Divisional Director - Business Development in Consolidated Discounts Limited, Member of the Investment Committee of Union MixedFund, Managing Director of Capital Express Asset & Trust Limited and Vice President, Bank of America Merrill Lynch International where she managed Balance Sheet in excess of $50 billion USD.
She served on the Executive Committees of the Financial Markets Dealers Association (FMDA) and Chartered Risk Management Institute (CRMI) of Nigeria including Member of The Sustainability Banking Committee and Basel Accord II Framework and Implementation Committee of the Central Bank of Nigeria.
She has developed strategic relationships with Developments Financiers and Impact Investors that offer long-term investments - loans, equity and venture capital to sovereigns and private companies for projects and businesses in developing countries – Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), African Export-Import Bank (AfreximBank), Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA), Industrial Development Corporation of south Africa (IDC), African Development Bank (AfDB), FMO, Dutch Development Bank, Finnish Fund for Industrial Cooperation Ltd (Finnfund), International Finance Corporation (IFC), Investment Fund for Developing Countries (IFU), Belgian Investment Company for Developing Countries (BIO), Proparco, DWS – Deutsche, Infraco Africa, Africa50, CDC Group, etc.
