Mr Tunde Folawiyo holds a B.Sc degree in Economics obtained in 1980 from the prestigious London School of Economics (LSE) coupled with LL.B and LL.M degrees obtained from the famous University College London in 1984 and 1985 respectively.

He was called to the Bar of England and Wales (Honourable Society of the Inner Temple) in 1985. He started his law practice in Nigeria with the firm of Ogunsanya and Ogunsanya from where he resigned in 1989 to become the Group Executive Director of Yinka Folawiyo group, a position he holds to date.

Tunde is also the Managing Director of Yinka Folawiyo Power and in this capacity pioneered the development of Nigeria’s first independent Power Project (IPP), the AES Barge Project in Lagos State. He sits on the board of Access BANK Plc as well as the board of MTN Nigeria Limited.

Mr Obeahon Ohiwerei holds a Masters degree in Business Administration and a Bachelors degree in Mathematics. He is a professional banker per excellence with an intimidating pedigree of close to two decades within which he has garnered relevant banking experience across key banking functions including Branch Services, Commercial Banking, Public Sector and Institutional/Corporate Banking. He began his professional career in Guaranty Trust Bank Plc (GTBank) where his exceptional performance saw him rise to the position of Manager within 6 years.

After a successful career in GTBank he resigned in 1998 to advance his career. Sequel to leaving GTBank in 1998, he has worked with various banks including Equatorial Trust Bank, Pacific Bank, Continental Trust Bank and Standard Trust Bank serving in various capacities. In each of these organisations Obeahon offered unparalleled leadership and spearheaded many initiatives that transformed these institutions. Amongst other things, he was appointed the pioneer MD/CEO of Standard Trust Bank, Ghana in 2004.

He has attended several programmes within and outside the country including Harvard Business School (USA), Accenture Training Programme (USA), Manchester Business School (USA) Lagos Business School, Pricewaterhouse Coopers training and Arthur Anderson and Co.

Mr Victor Etuokwu holds a B.Sc. (Second Class Upper Division) Degree from the University of Ibadan and an MBA from the University of Benin. He has over 15 years banking experience starting from Citibank where he rose to the position of Manager before his move to Access Bank Plc in 2003.

His professional experience spans Banking Operations, Cash Management Services and Operational Risk Management and Controls. While at Citibank he was a resource development staff to other Citibank African franchises and had working stints in Citibank Zambia.

He has attended several professional and leadership programmes both domestic and international and is an alumnus of INSEAD, Fountainebleau, France.

Victor is the Group Head Retail Banking, Access Bank Plc as well as a non-executive director in Credit Reference Company.

Mr Suleman Abubakar holds a Bachelors degree in Management from Eckerd College, Saint Petersburg and an MBA in International Finance from American University, Washington.

Suleman is MD/C.E.O. of Imani Group of Companies one of the oldest indigenous real estate companies in Nigeria. He has worked in this company, which was founded by his father, for over two decades.

Suleman Abubakar was recently nominated by the President to serve as a member of the Fiscal Responsibility Commission. He is also the current Vice President of Real Estate Developers Association.

Mr. Efiong Bassey is a seasoned banker with over 21 cumulative years of cognate experience in the banking industry. He has over 16yrs post qualification experience in core mortgage banking activities in senior and executive management positions. Worthy of mention is his experience in Risk Management, Marketing and Customer Relationship Management, Financial Reporting/Management Information System, Loans and Advances, Treasury (LCY& FX) and Investments, Reconciliation and Investigation, Internal Control and Compliance, IT and Systems Administration, HR and Admin.

Mr Efiong Bassey holds an International Certificate in Housing Finance & Mortgage Securitization from Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, U.S.A. He also holds an MBA in Marketing and a BSc Hons in Finance from University of Nigeria Nsukka.

Mr. Bassey is an alumnus of Lagos Business School where he participated in the Advanced Management Programme. He has attended many other professional seminars and training, too numerous to mention.

Mr. Bassey won the prestigious Leadership Award in 2007, the Nigerian Real Estate Excellence Award (2007) and Meritorious Diamond Award for National Development to mention but a few.