Ajayi Joshua Oluwatobi MBA FICA

Chairman/CEO

Oluwatobi is a widely creative and astute entrepreneur, he is the founder of Nord Automobiles Limited, one of the first Nigerian automobile brands and Africa’s premier automobile corporation.

He started his career at Mercedes-Benz Nigeria, growing very fast to become the head of division (vans) and later co-founded Jetvan, an authorised dealer of Mercedes-Benz.

Oluwatobi is among the most influential people in the Nigerian Auto Industry, winning so many local and international awards and recognitions for his contributions to the automotive industry in Nigeria and Africa. He was listed by Forbes as one of the most promising young entrepreneurs in Africa for 2018.

He is an alumni of prestigious Lagos Business School (Pan Atlantic University) where he bagged his MBA, he has a certificate from the IESE Business School Spain after concluding his Pan African EMBA Module. He holds a B.Agric in Soil Science and Farm Mechanization, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ogun state.

He is a Fellow of the Institute of Credit Administrators.


Shola Adeniyi

Director

Shola is a first-class graduate of Mechanical Engineering, University College London. He is an expert in financial analysis, specializing in the fixed income securities market. He has worked in several financial institutions, most notably are Barclays Capital London, in the credit trading department as an European High Yield credit trader and at BGC Partners London as Sub Saharan Africa Fixed Income and Currency market dealer. He is currently the CEO of Krosk Parners Limited, an inter-dealer fixed income broker in Nigeria.


Samson Esemuede, CFA

Director

Samson is a first-class graduate of Biochemistry, University College London. He is an experienced investment banker with speciality in Equities Sales and Trading. He has risen through the ranks in his career – as a Vice President covering Emerging Markets Equity desk at Deutsche Bank, London, and was responsible for Eastern European, Middle East and Africa, Emerging Markets Equity at Citi Bank, London. He is now currently the CEO of Zrosk Investment Managers, Nigeria.