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Board of Directors

Fola Adeola

Fola Adeola

Chairman of the Board
Michael Nzewi

Michael Nzewi

Managing Director/ CEO
Mohammed Garuba

Mohammed Garuba

Executive Director
Mairo Bashir

Mairo Bashir

Non-Executive Director
Asue Ighodalo

Asue Ighodalo

Non-Executive Director
Chief Callistus N.C Nweke

Chief Callistus N.C Nweke

Non-Executive Director
Femi Ogunjimi

Femi Ogunjimi

Non-Executive Director
Yomi Jemibewon

Yomi Jemibewon

Non-Executive Director
Fola Adeola

Chairman of the Board

Fola Adeola

Mr. Fola Adeola is the founder and chairman of FATE Foundation which promotes entrepreneurship among Nigerian youths.

Fola is also the co-founder of Guaranty Trust Bank Plc where he served as the pioneer Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer for 12 years. He served as the Chairman of the Pension Reform Committee, Chairman of the National Pension Commission from 2004 to 2006, and as Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Transnational Corporation of Nigeria Plc from 2005 to 2006.

Fola currently serves as the Chairman of MainOne Cable Company, Allianz Insurance Plc and Lotus Capital and also sits on several other boards.

Michael Nzewi

Managing Director/ CEO

Michael Nzewi

Mr. Michael Nzewi is one of the founding partners of CardinalStone and has been Managing Director of the Company since January 2017.

Michael served as a Director in the Capital Markets Division of Standard Chartered Bank (SCB), London. Prior to SCB, Michael served as the Head of Corporate Finance at Vetiva Capital Management.

Michael holds a BSc. 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.

Mohammed Garuba

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.
Mairo Bashir

Non-Executive Director

Mairo Bashir

Ms. Mairo Bashir is the Chief Executive Officer of CreditCorp Limited.

Prior to joining CreditCorp, Mairo served in various management positions in United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA) before becoming the Executive Director, Corporate Services of UBA. She was also a Director in UBA Capital. Mairo has worked in various financial institutions including International Merchant Bank Limited (IMB).

Mairo is a founding member of Women in Management and Business (Wimbiz) and is a board member of Information Connectivity Solutions Limited and Enownow Limited.

Asue Ighodalo

Non-Executive Director

Asue Ighodalo

Mr. Asue Ighodalo is a founding partner of Banwo & Ighodalo, a leading Corporate Law firm in Nigeria.

Asue specializes in Corporate Finance, Capital Markets, Energy & Natural Resources, Mergers & Acquisitions, Banking & Securitization and Project Finance.  He is a member of the Nigerian Economic Summit Group; Commercial Law and Taxation Committee of Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry; Policy and Monitoring Committee of the National Council on Privatization.

Asue is also the Chairman of Sterling Bank Plc and sits on the board of the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority, Dangote Flour Mills Plc, Allianz Insurance amongst others.

Chief Callistus N.C Nweke

Non-Executive Director

Chief Callistus N.C Nweke

Engineer (Chief) Callistus N.C. Nweke is the Founder and Chairman of Chizzy Nigeria Limited, a chemicals and technical support company, providing services to the Paints and Inks Industry in Nigeria and other countries in West Africa. The Company was established in the mid-1980s, following his employment in International Paints West Africa Limited, then a subsidiary of Courtaulds Coatings UK.

Chief Nweke has over forty-five (45) years’ experience in industry, both in the United Kingdom and Nigeria. He cut his teeth as a young engineer when he joined Mobil Exploration Nigeria Incorporated (now Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited), as a Pupil Engineer in1974 and resigned as a Drilling Engineer in 1976.  Upon his resignation from Mobil, Chief Nweke joined International Paints West Africa Limited, where he rose from Production Manager to become the first Operations Director of the Company.  He resigned from his position in 1986 to focus on building his own company, which has grown tremendously over the years and is now one of the leading products and service providers in the paints and inks industry. It has also expanded its product and service line to cover the food and beverage, plastics, personal care, and oil and gas industries.

Chief Nweke was educated in the prestigious Government College, Umuahia in Abia State and subsequently obtained in B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering at the Loughborough University of Technology, UK (now Loughborough University). He is a shrewd business man, with a keen eye for investments. He is an avid traveller and reader; and is committed to community development, especially within his home state – Anambra. He is the Chairman of the Nri Microfinance Bank, Anambra State, a position which he has held for over five (5) years.

Femi Ogunjimi

Non-Executive Director

Femi Ogunjimi

Mr. Femi Ogunjimi is one of the founding partners of CardinalStone.

He is a Managing Partner of the private equity affiliate company, CardinalStone Capital Advisers Limited. Femi served as Vice President – Investment Banking Division, Goldman Sachs, New York.

Before Goldman Sachs, Femi was Senior Associate at PwC – PriceWaterhouseCoopers.

Femi holds a BSc. in Accounting from the University of Lagos and an MBA from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. He is an Associate of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria.

Yomi Jemibewon

Non-Executive Director

Yomi Jemibewon

Mr. Yomi Jemibewon is one of the founding partners of CardinalStone and is currently a Managing Partner of CardinalStone Capital Advisers Limited.

Yomi served as Vice President – Financial Advisory in Avante Capital. Prior to joining Avante, Yomi worked at the New York offices of Bain & Company. At Bain, Yomi worked primarily on executing strategic due diligence and developing post-acquisition growth strategy and turn-around initiatives for various private equity and corporate engagements.

Yomi holds BSc. and MSc. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Virginia Tech and an MBA from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.

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