Rotimi Akinde

Non-Executive Director

Mr. Rotimi Akinde, Non-Executive Director, Corporate Finance & Investments, is a finance professional with over 20 years of experience in investment and corporate banking, including extensive experience in capital raising (Debt, Equities, and Hybrids) and corporate finance activities such as mergers and acquisitions, privatisation advisory, and project finance.

Before joining the Bank of Industry (BOI) Group, Mr. Akinde worked as an Associate Partner in Project and Corporate Finance at Infrastructure Delivery International (IDI), where he contributed to the UKNIAF programme and promoted green finance and structured debt solutions for sub-national entities.

He also previously served as a Corporate Finance Advisor at the Nigeria Infrastructure Advisory Facility (NIAF), where he supported financing initiatives, financial modelling, and funding structures for infrastructure projects.

Mr. Akinde served as the Group Head and Assistant General Manager of Corporate Banking for multinational clients at UBA Plc. Previously, he served as Vice President of Corporate Finance and Advisory at UBA Global Markets (now United Capital).

He served as a Privatisation Adviser and led the oil and gas team at the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), where he facilitated the divestiture and sale of the Federal Government’s equity in 11 oil service companies and completed the sale of all the Federal Government’s LPG assets.

Earlier in his career, he served as an Assistant Manager at Leadbank Plc in the Investment and Corporate Banking Groups.

He also gained experience in the United Kingdom’s financial sector, working as an Investment Analyst at Barclays Funds in London and as an Analyst at Merrill Lynch Investment Managers in London.

Mr. Akinde holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, a Master’s degree in International Securities, Investment, and Banking from the University of Reading, UK, and an Executive MBA from INSEAD.