Adebowale Ajayi

Adebowale is a financial expert who has been in the financial industry for over two decades. He started his career with Leadway Assurance Company Ltd in 1998 in the account department as an accountant.

He left Leadway Assurance in 2008 after putting in over 10 years to become the Chief Financial Officer of Fin Insurance Company Limited (a subsidiary of FinBank Plc then) between January 2009 and September 2010. The lure of higher challenges made him proceed to Royal Exchange Plc in 2010 where he was seconded to the Finance & Asset Management Company in 2010 as Head, Human Capital & Strategic Planning.

He also gained experience at Royal Exchange plc (Holding Company), where he worked as an executive assistant to two Group Managing Directors before being transferred to one of its subsidiaries (Royal Exchange Finance Company Limited as Head of Finance and Strategy between June 2020 and July 2022.

He is an alumnus of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, where he holds a Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) with a specialization in management. He is a professional accountant and banker.

He is an associate member (ACA) of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN 2005) and also an associate member (ACIB 2002) of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN).

He has undergone many professional trainings, both local and internationally.