People

Chairman, Board of Directors

Chief (Mrs) Atere Olaronke

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.

Non-Executive Director

Femi Ogunjimi

Femi is a co-founder and Managing Director at CCA. Prior to CCA, Femi was a Founding Partner and Managing Director at CardinalStone Partners, where he served as the CEO of the firm, led the firm’s Investment Banking Division and drove two of the firm’s principal investments.

Prior to CardinalStone, Femi held roles at Goldman Sachs in New York and PricewaterhouseCoopers in Lagos. Femi holds a B.Sc. in Accounting from University of Lagos, and an MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Non-Executive 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, 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 co-founders of CardinalStone Partners Limited. Prior to joining the firm, he served as Director of Equity Securities at Renaissance Capital where he was responsible for setting up and driving the company’s securities trading and sales business in Nigeria. Before joining Renaissance Capital, Mohammed served as Managing Director of Zenith Securities Limited, a subsidiary of Zenith Bank Plc, where he oversaw strategy, deal origination and execution. He began his banking career at Investment Banking & Trust Company Limited (Now Stanbic IBTC Bank Plc) where he worked in asset management and was involved in managing institutional investors, mutual funds, and structured funds.

Mohammed holds an MBA from London Business School and a B.Sc. in Insurance from the University of Lagos. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria and The Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers of Nigeria. He is also an Associate of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment, UK and an alumnus of Yale University and Harvard Kennedy School.

He is the Founder and President of Ansar Heritage Empowerment Foundation. He is passionate about boxing, football, golf and tennis and enjoys mentoring, reading, and volunteering.

NON-Executive Director

Mrs Motunde Dada

Motunde has over 32 years of relevant experience in the registrars industry. She is currently a non-Executive Director at CardinalStone Registrars and formerly the Registrar of CardinalStone Registrars (formerly CSL Registrars)..

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

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

Managing Director

Raymond Akokota

Raymond has over 10 years cognate experience in Share Registration in the Nigerian Capital Market. In his capacity as Head of Operations, his oversight spans Dividend Management, New Issues/Certificate Management, Central Securities Clearing System (CSCS) Liaison & Reconciliation.

Raymond holds a Bachelor of Science degree (Hons) in Economics from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria and is also an Associate of the Institute of Capital Market Registrars.

Chief Business Strategist

Ayoola Adeola

Ayoola is the Chief Business Strategist of CardinalStone Registrars. Prior to CardinalStone Registrars, Ayoola was the head of Structured Finance Unit at CardinalStone Partners, where he led several transactions on debt structuring, project finance and capital raising. Prior to CardinalStone Partners, Ayoola 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 an M.Sc. in Finance and Accounting from Aston Business School, Birmingham.

Chief Financial Controller 

Saheed Lasisi

Saheed has over 15 years of cognate work experience. Prior to joining the firm, he served as Investment Controller at Aiico Insurance Plc where he was in charge of investment portfolios and managing Pension Funds for Institutional Investors.

He began his professional career in Accounts Department of Sabeanat Nigeria Limited as an Officer and later became Group Accounts Manager.

Saheed holds a B.Sc. In Accounting from the Adekunle Ajasin University, Ondo State and an MBA, from the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State. 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 authorized Dealing Clerk of the Nigerian Stock Exchange.

Head, Digital Business

Yele Osunsanya

Yele has over 11 years of uniformly blended quality work experience in business development, innovation & strategy, asset management & stockbroking operations, project management and client servicing.

Yele is currently the Head, Digital Business and prior to this position, she was the Head, Client Relations Division where she managed customer service, share verification, stockbroker liaison, innovation & strategy and brand communication for the organization. Prior to CardinalStone Registrars, Yele was the Head of Asset Management Operations at CardinalStone Partners. She has also had operational working stints with GTBank Plc.

Yele is an Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers (CIS), the Chartered Institute of Securities & Investments, UK (CISI) and the Institute of Capital Market Registrars (ICMR). Yele holds a PGD in Management Studies from the London Academy Business School and a BSc. in International Financial Management from the University of Wolverhampton.

Head, Internal Control

Adeola Owolabi

Adeola has over 12 years of relevant work experience in the financial services sector. In his capacity as the Head of RICA, he oversees the Risk Management, Internal Control, Compliance and Audit at CardinalStone Registrars.

Prior to joining the firm, he served as Head, Internal Control/Audit at Page Financials where he developed the Internal Control Systems for the firm. He also served at Kedari Capital Limited as the Head of Internal Control and C&I Leasing Plc as Team Lead, Internal Control.

Adeola started his career at C&I Leasing Plc (‘C&I’) as a Credit Analyst. He later worked in the Internal Control Unit before he was transferred to Leasafric Ghana Limited (a subsidiary of C&I) where he set-up and managed the Internal Control Unit for the business.

Adeola holds a B.Sc. in Accounting from the Oxford Brookes University. He is an Associate of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) and the Institute of Capital Market Registrars.