OUR CEOs
ODIRI OGINNI
Ag. Managing Director
Odiri is the Ag. Managing Director of United Capital Asset Management Limited. She has over 13 years' post
qualication experience spanning the nancial services sector in the areas of audit and compliance, portfolio
management, nancial analyses and reporting enhancements, tax and regulatory management, strategy and
investor relations, treasury and cash ow management, business process automation, capital raising (equity and
debt), budget preparation and analysis, corporate rating management.
She has served in various capacities within the United Capital Plc Group including Group Chief Finance Ofcer (2017-
2018), Head, FINCON (2015-2017), Head, Financial Planning, Strategy and Investor Relations (2013-2015), Chief
Finance Ofcer at UBA Capital Limited (the defunct investment banking arm of United Bank for Africa Plc) (2008-
2013). She started her career as an Audit Senior with Deloitte between 2006 and 2007 before moving to BGL Plc as a
Portfolio Manager.
She is a First-Class graduate of Accounting from Babcock University, An Associate member of the Institute of
Chartered Accountants of Nigeria and a CFA Charter holder.
BABATUNDE OBANIYI
Managing Director, Investment Banking
Babatunde is the Managing Director, Investment Banking Division at United Capital Plc. Babatunde has oversight
responsibility for transaction origination, structuring, arranging and execution covering the spectrum of Project
Finance, Mergers & Acquisition and debt/equity capital needs of corporate and government entities. He possesses
extensive cognate experience in xed income and equity capital markets; as such has played a pivotal role in
originating and executing several notable landmark transactions in the Capital Market space in Nigeria raising in
excess of N6bn in fresh capital for various corporate institutions and Government entities both sovereign and sub-
sovereign Africa.
He has over 15 years multi-faceted nancial experience cutting across deal structuring, capital raising, M&A, project
nance, corporate nance and risk management having worked with renowned Investment Banking and consulting
rms like Deloitte, Afrinvest and Zenith Capital Limited prior to joining United Capital in January 2012. He served as
Director of Capital Markets Division before his appointment as Managing Director Investment Banking in January
2018. He is currently the Director of Publicity of Association of Issuing Houses of Nigeria.
Babatunde has Master's degree in International Securities, Investment and Banking from ICMA Centre, Henley
Business School, University of Reading, UK and B.Sc. Economics (Hons.) degree from Obafemi Awolowo University,
Nigeria. He is an Associate member of the Chartered Institute of Securities and Investment (CISI), UK; Association of
Certied Chartered Accountants (“ACCA”) and the Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers (“ACS”). He also holds the
International Fixed Income and Derivatives (“IFID”) Certicate.”
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