Management

Chairperson, Board of Directors

Chief Mrs. Olaronke Atere

Mrs. Atere is the Chairperson of the Board of Directors of CardinalStone Registrars. She holds a Chartered Insurance Qualification from Holborn College of Commerce, London.

Mrs. Atere has served in various executive capacities for over 30 years including those of City Securities Limited and Royal Exchange Assurance Plc.

Director

Michael Nzewi

Michael is one of the founding partners of CardinalStone working currently as the CEO of CardinalStone and the Head of Investment Banking Division. 

Prior to heading the Investment Banking Division, he was the Head of the Proprietary Trading Division of CardinalStone where he served for 8 years.

Michael served as a Director in the Global Markets Division at the London Offices of Standard Chartered Bank (SCB). Prior to joining SCB, Michael served as the pioneer Head of Corporate Finance at Vetiva Capital Management, he also worked briefly in the Corporate Finance Division of Access Bank Plc. Michael began his banking career at Investment Banking & Trust Company Limited (Now Stanbic IBTC Bank Plc).

Michael holds a B.Sc. in Accounting from the University of Benin, Nigeria and an MBA from Said Business School, Oxford University, UK. He is an Associate of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria. 

Non-Executive Director

Mohammed Garuba

Mohammed is one of the founding partners of CardinalStone and has served as the Head of Asset Management for the past 8 years.

Prior to joining the firm, Mohammed served as Director of Equity Securities at Renaissance Capital and served as Managing Director/Chief Operating Officer of Zenith Securities Limited, a subsidiary of Zenith Bank Plc. Mohammed began his professional career in the Finance and Treasury Department of Intercellular Nigeria Limited; soon after which he began his banking career at Investment Banking & Trust Company Limited (Now Stanbic IBTC Bank Plc).

Mohammed holds a B.Sc. in Insurance from the University of Lagos and an MBA from London Business School. He is also a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria and an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers. He is an Authorised Dealing Clerk of the Nigerian Exchange Limited. 

Director

Mrs. Motunde Dada

Motunde has over 32 years of relevant experience in the Capital Market Registrars industry and she served as the Registrar of CardinalStone Registrars.

Prior to joining CardinalStone, she served as the Registrar of UAC Registrars, Lagos.

She holds an MSc. from the University of South Carolina, Columbia, USA and she is a Fellow of the Institute of Capital Market Registrars.

Non-Executive Director

Ayoola Adeola

Ayoola Adeola was the former Chief Business Strategist of CardinalStone Registrars Limited. He is a seasoned investment banking professional with extensive experience in strategy, corporate restructuring, mergers and acquisition, project finance, valuation and debt structuring.

Ayoola also served as the Deputy Managing Director for CardinalStone Registrars, where he led the team to provide support on high profile equity and debt capital raising transactions, capital re-organization/restructuring and mergers and acquisitions for leading players across several industries in Nigeria including financial services, oil and gas, manufacturing, consumer goods, insurance, etc.

Prior to CardinalStone Registrars, Ayoola served as the head of Structured Finance Unit at CardinalStone Partners, where he provided strategic advisory to leading private sector organizations on debt structuring, project finance, valuation and capital raising activities. He also held roles with Wizer Advisory, Zenith Bank Plc and Zenith Trustees Limited.

Ayoola holds a B.Sc. in Economics from the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife and a M.Sc. in Finance and Accounting from Aston Business School, Birmingham, UK. He is an alumnus of the Lagos Business School (AMP 32 Programme) and the IESE Business School (CEP-AMP), Barcelona. He is a member of Council of the Institute of Capital Market Registrars (ICMR) in Nigeria.