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Our People

Rilwan Belo-Osagie

Chairman
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Bukola Smith, FCA

Non-Executive Director
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Omolola Apampa

Non-Executive Director
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Nnennaya Umeh

Managing Director
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Prof. Isabella Okagbue

Non-Executive Director
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Toyin Owolabi

Non-Executive Director
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Afolabi Caxton Martins

Non-Executive Director
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Patrice Baker

Non-Executive Director
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Nnennaya Umeh

Managing Director
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Opeyemi Omoleye

Head, Financial Control & Operations
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Oghoadena Ibikunle

Head, Business Development
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Tolu Osinibi

Managing Director
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Rilwan Belo-Osagie

Chairman
FSDH Capital Limited

Background

Mr. Belo-Osagie was a founding member of staff of FSDH Merchant Bank and the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer from 1998 to 2017. Prior to joining FSDH, Mr. Belo-Osagie worked with African International Bank Limited and Chartered Bank of Nigeria Limited in managerial positions. He also served as the Chairman of the Nigerian Discount Market Association several times while he was the MD/CEO of FSDH Merchant Bank. He is a graduate of the renowned Imperial College of Science and Technology, London and Strathclyde University, Glasgow and holds a Masters in Business Administration from The London Business School and an Advanced Management Programme from Havard Business School.

Background

Bukola Smith

Non-Executive Director
FSDH Capital Limited

Bukola Smith is an accomplished banking professional with expertise in strategy, innovation and commercial leadership. She is the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of FSDH Merchant Bank, with headquarters in Lagos, Nigeria. With over 30 years of progressive experience in the banking industry and a track record of leadership, innovation, strategic planning and excellent execution, she is a well-rounded banking leader with achievements in different sub-sectors in the banking industry.

Before her Chief Executive role at FSDH Merchant Bank, she served as the Executive Director, Business Development at First City Monument Bank (FCMB) where she was responsible for over 200 branches across the country, Public Service Sector, Business Banking, Agriculture and Transaction Banking Divisions.

She is an Honorary Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers and a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accounts of Nigeria (ICAN). She holds an MBA from Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester U.K, and a B.Sc. Economics from the University of Lagos.

Bukola Smith continues to show exceptional leadership through her warm people-centered style and has led a culture of excellence, innovation and integrity at FSDH Merchant Bank. Her drive for innovation through solution-driven initiatives has made the Bank become the financial partner of choice for major corporate and commercial engagements in Nigeria.

Omolola Apampa

Non-Executive Director
FSDH Capital Limited

Background

Omolola is a Finance professional with over 15 years of experience. At Kuramo Capital Management LLC, she is a Vice President on the Investment team, and responsible for originating, analysing and monitoring investments spanning fund manager selection, direct equity and public market investments, within West Africa. Prior to this, Omolola worked at Pensions Alliance Limited as a Portfolio Manager where she was responsible for managing the equity and alternative investment asset classes. Omolola started her career at ARM Holding Company Limited, where she served in various capacities from 2008 to 2014, as a Business Analyst, an Equity Research Analyst and a Pension Fund Manager. Omolola has a B.Sc. in Electronic & Electrical Engineering from the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ife, and an MBA from the Warwick Business School in the United Kingdom.

Nnennaya Umeh

Managing Director
FSDH Capital Limited

Background

Mrs Umeh has over eighteen years’ experience in accounting, banking and the capital market. She worked in IMB International Bank and Firstinland Bank Plc before she joined FSDH Securities (Now FSDH Capital) in 2008, where she has since worked for 15 years as a capital market professional in various capacities and on various transactions spanning Stockbroking, Trade execution, Portfolio Management, Equity & Debt Capital Raising and Listings. She is the Head of Securities Trading, overseeing the Securities Trading business, a position she held since 2016.

She holds a B.Sc in Accounting from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, an M.Sc. in Corporate Finance from the University of Liverpool, United Kingdom and a Portfolio Management Professional Certification from the New York Institute of Finance. She is a Fellow of both the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) and the Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers (CIS).

Prof. Isabella Okagbue

Non Executive Director
FSDH Capital Limited

Background

Professor Isabella Okagbue, is an accomplished lawyer and academic with several published books and articles to her credit. She is a member of the Nigerian Bar and had a distinguished academic career for many years with the Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies where she became a professor of law and the Director of Research. She joined the United Bank for Africa Plc and over the course of her employment held various positions including General Counsel, Company Secretary and Chief Compliance Officer. She has served on several boards and councils both in her legal advisory and business capacities. She is currently a non-executive director with FSDH Capital Ltd and FSDH Merchant Bank Ltd

Toyin Owolabi

Non-Executive Director
FSDH Capital Limited

Background

Mr. Owolabi has over 20 years of banking experience and is the Group Head of Financial Institutions, responsible for developing and managing the relationship with all non-bank financial institutions and other institutional clients. Before joining FSDH, he worked at FCMB and at different times oversaw Financial Institutions, Correspondent Banking and Structured Funding. He was also the Head of treasury at IMB international Bank. Mr. Owolabi’s educational background includes a bachelor’s degree in Agriculture from the University of Ilorin and an MBA from Business School Netherlands. He has attended numerous local and international courses and in addition to financial institutions, is responsible for wealth management and correspondent banking at FSDH Merchant Bank.

Afolabi Caxton Martins

Non Executive Director
FSDH Capital Limited

Background

Mr. Caxton-Martins is the Managing Partner in the law firm of ACAS-Law (Adepetun, Caxton-Martins, Agbor & Segun), Corporate & Commercial Group. He brings to the board over thirty years career experience in corporate and commercial transactions particularly in relation to advising on foreign investment and joint ventures, private equity investments, international mergers and acquisitions, infrastructure projects particularly in the ports and telecoms sectors, anti-corruption and compliance due diligence and advisory, media, sports and entertainment law and arbitration. Afolabi is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (UK) and routinely advises on structuring investments to benefit from bilateral investment treaty protection. He is a graduate of University of London, Nigerian Law School and also a member of the Nigerian Bar Association, The International Bar Association, The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators of Nigeria and the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators UK.

Patrice Becker

Non Executive Director
FSDH Capital Limited

Background

Mr. Backer is a Partner and Chief Investment Officer of AFIG Funds, an Africa-focused private equity fund manager since its inception in 2006. A savvy management professional, he also serves on the Finance and Risk Committee of the Global Partnership for Education (GPE). He started his professional career in 1990 at the Bank of Boston and in 1993, he was with JPMorgan’s Emerging Markets Sales and Trading and Latin America M&A groups. Prior to AFIG Funds, Mr Backer was the Managing Director of PromoCapital. He is currently a Non-Executive Director on the board of FSDH Merchant Bank amongst other Board appointments across the world.

Opeyemi Omoleye

Head, Financial Control & Operations
FSDH Capital Limited

Background

Opeyemi Omoleye is an accountant with over 17 years of experience in financial control. She started her career with the Treasury and Financial Control Unit at Kakawa Discount House in 2004, and has since then worked with organizations like Eterna Oil & Gas Nigeria and Integrated Microfinance Bank. Opeyemi joined FSDH Group as a Financial Controller in 2007 and rose up the ranks to her current position as Head, Financial Control & Operations at FSDH Capital, where she oversees the Operations Unit. She holds an MBA in Finance from Manchester Business School and a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting from the University of Lagos. She is also a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), and Associate of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN).

Oghoadena Ibikunle

Head, Business Development
FSDH Capital Limited

Background

Oghoadena Ibikunle is a sales expert with over 13 years of experience in sales of financial services including equities, fixed income and asset management products. She joined FSDH Capital as the Head of Business Development in 2020. Prior to this, she served as a Senior Business Development Personnel at FCMB Asset Management Limited from 2015-2020 and held the position of Private Wealth Team Lead at CSL Stockbrokers Limited before this. Oghoadena holds a B.Sc Business Administration & Management from the University of Ado-Ekiti and has completed multiple trainings including Executive Sales Skills, and Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management.

Tolu Osinibi

Managing Director
FSDH Capital Limited

Background

Mr. Osinibi has over twenty-five (25) years investment banking, asset management and consulting experience in Nigeria and Europe. He has led numerous project teams advising the Nigerian Government, major multinational clients and large local corporate institutions on major financial transactions. He worked with FCMB Capital Markets Ltd. (MD), KPMG Nigeria (Director) and Shell Nig. Closed Pension Fund Administrator (Chief Investment Officer). He was formerly Vice President at JP Morgan, London and holds a B.Sc in Economics from the University of St. Andrews, Scotland.

Tosayee Ogbomo

Non Executive Director
FSDH Capital Limited

Background

Mr Ogbomo is a senior finance expert with over 27 years of international and local finance and investment experience. He graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Accountancy from the University of Benin in 1988, holds an M.Sc. in Finance from Bentley College Graduate School in 1993 and an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1997. He worked as a senior associate at PriceWaterhouseCoopers in 1993 and then as a Director at Merrill Lynch and a Managing Director, Investment Banking at Goldman Sachs from 2004 to 2011. He was a Partner at Vine Capital Partners, a private equity firm focused on investing in key sectors in Nigeria and Sub-Saharan Africa. He serves as a director on the board of FSDH Asset Management Limited