Meet Our Board of Directors
Management Team

AMB. Dr. Olubukola Abitoye
GROUP MANAGING DIRECTOR
Amb. Dr. Mrs. Olubukola M. Abitoye hails from Ondo town in
Ondo State, Nigeria. A skilled Financial specialist, she holds a
bachelor's degree in Management and Accounting from Obafemi
Awolowo University and a master's degree in Business
Administration from Charisma University in North America.
As GMD of Digital Space Capital Group, Amb. Dr. Mrs. Abitoye
oversees an all-in-one provider of Financial services, including
investment banking, asset management, insurance, micro
banking, and Fintech.
20+ years of experience in treasury management, corporate
Finance, investment banking, commercial and retail banking,
project Finance, interior designs, and real estate.
A certified SEC-sponsored individual, she is authorized to provide
investment advisory and manage Financial transactions.
Amb. Dr. Mrs. Abitoye holds memberships in esteemed
organizations such as:
- Chartered Institute of Directors , Nigeria (CIOD)
- Nigerian Institute of Management (NIM)
- Fellow, Chartered Institute of Loan and Risk Management of
Nigeria (doctorate holder
- Financial Markets Association (ACI)
- Doctoral Fellowship, International Certified Risk Management
Professionals, United Kingdom
She serves as a youth ambassador (ECOWAS Youth Council) and
has received the Nelson Mandela Leadership Award of Excellence
and Integrity. Amb. Dr. Mrs. Abitoye is a seasoned leader
committed to excellence, with remarkable achievements in
Enhance and philanthropy.

Professor Abiola Sanni (SAN)
Non-Executive Director

Professor Abiola Sanni (SAN)
Non-Executive Director
Abiola Sanni is a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and Professor
of Commercial Law in the University of Lagos (UNILAG), with a
specialization in Arbitration, Taxation and Commercial Law and
Practice.
He is the Editor of Introduction to Nigerian Legal Methods
popularly known as “The Blue Bible” in Nigerian universities and
other countries in the West African sub region.
He is also the author of Introduction to Nigerian Business Law, the
founder and Editor-in-Chief of the Nigerian Revenue Law Reports
(NRLR) and African Tax Law Reports (ATLR); the rst law reports on
tax cases in Nigeria and Africa respectively.
He is a member of the Tax Advisory Committee (TAC) “Think-Tank”
Group for the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS). He served as
the Chairman of the National Tax Policy Review Committee
(NTPRC) in 2016
He was appointed the Chairman of National Tax Policy
Implementation Committee (NTPIC) in 2017
He is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of several companies
including Tax Technologies Limited, TaxAide Limited and the
Budding Mothers Club (BMC), a Director and Alternate Chairman
of the UNILAG Micro Finance Bank, a Trustee of the United States
Government Exchange Alumni Association of Nigeria
(USGEAAN), a Trustee of the Nigerian Law School Alumni Class of
1989-90, the Coordinator of The Tax Club, a Trustee and
President of the “Tax Academician Association
of Nigeria” (TaxAAN).

HRH Alh. (Dr.) Yahaya Abubakar CFR
Chairman

HRH Alh. (Dr.) Yahaya Abubakar CFR
Chairman
His Royal Highness was commissioned into the Nigerian Army
Armored Corp as a Second Lieutenant on 13th December 1975
where he served at various capacities for 28 years.
He rose to the rank of Brigadier General before his majestic exit in
2003
Ascended the Throne as the 13th Etsu Nupe, sworn in and
presented with the First-Class Staff of Ofce in Bida, Niger State
on 11th July, 2004.
Fellowship of the National Defence College NDC Egypt.
National Honour of Commander of the Federal Republic (CFR) in
2004
Chairman Abuja National Mosque Management Committee
Chairman Coordinating Committee of Nigeria’s National
Council of Traditional Rulers
Doctor of Philosophy Honoris Causa of Four distinguished
Nigerian Universities.
Chancellor of two notable Universities in Nigeria. Obafemi
Awolowo University Ile-Ife, Osun State South-West Nigeria and
Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Edo State, South-South Nigeria.
Etsu Yahaya Abubakar is the sole owner of EDU-Soko Farms
Limited covering more than 30,000 hectares of both up and low
lands with various colonies such as rice, cassava, guinea corn and
groundnut, orchards, Fish and livestock e.t.c.

Engr. Hakeem Ademola Adeoye
Non-Executive Director

Engr. Hakeem Ademola Adeoye
Non-Executive Director
Engr Hakeem Ademola Adeoye is a renowned
Mechanical Engineer with more than 25 years
of experience in the Oil and Gas Industry in
Nigeria.
He was a proactive member of several project
management teams that worked on various
ground-breaking projects both within and
outside of Nigeria. In addition, he is also a
distinguished stakeholder engagement expert
whose reputation precedes him globally. Engr
Hakeem is an astute investor with a solid
b a c k g r o u n d i n P e o p l e , P r o j e c t , a n d
Stakeholders’ management.
He has functioned on projects with direct
responsibility for the strategic management of
reputation nationwide and globally.
Engr Adeoye’s antecedents shows he is
committed to Operational Excellence,
Contractual Agreements and Business Acumen.
He is a rational decision maker with strong
negotiation and influencing skills. His strategic
thinking has made him excel in many projects.
He is a registered engineer with COREN in
Nigeria and Institute of Engineering and
Technology (IET) in the United Kingdom.

Ms. Oluwatosin Odubela
Non-Executive Director

Ms. Oluwatosin Odubela
Non-Executive Director
Oluwatosin earned her LLB degree from the
University of Westminster London in July 2017.
She was called to the Nigerian Bar Association
(NBA) in August 2018 and Solicitor of the
Supreme Court of Nigeria
Her Legal career kicked off with a role at Rickey
Tarfa & Co as a Legal Associate, where she
gained extensive experience in Civil litigation,
Family law, Criminal litigation, Real Estate and
Property, Contracts, Mergers and Acquisitions,
compliance as well as arbitration and
mediation.
Oluwatosin completed her LLM degree in
International Trade Law at Swansea University,
Wales, United Kingdom in 2021.
Afterwards, she proceeded to join Kingdom as a
Trainee practicing negligence, Immigration,
Corporate TNA Solicitors, United in areas of
medical law, Commercial law, Claims Against
Public Authorities and Property Law.
She is also a Member of International Bar
Association (IBA) & Chartered Institute of
Arbitrators (CIArb).

Dr. (Mrs.) Adeyinka Olumayowa
Non-Executive Director

Dr. (Mrs.) Adeyinka Olumayowa
Non-Executive Director
Mrs. Mayowa Adeyinka graduated from Yaba
College of Technology with an HND in Business
Administration. She is an Associate member of
the Nigeria Institute of Management (NIM) and
the Chartered Institute of Marketing; she is also
a Member of the Chartered Insurance Institute
of London and the Canadian Institute of
Marketing as well as a Fellow of the Chartered
Institute Of Loan And Risks Management Of
Nigeria.
Mayowa is a seasoned marketer with over 24
years working experience. She is an astute
Marketer who has carved a niche for herself in
the Insurance Industry especially in the
Northern region of Nigeria.
In the course of her career she has attended
several trainings, conferences, seminars and
summits in the area of Insurance, Marketing,
Leadership, Management and Finance both
locally and internationally.

Babs Olugbemi
Independent Director

Babs Olugbemi
Independent Director
Babs is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of
Nigeria and Accountants nance and the Association of
Chartered and Certied of the United Kingdom. He was
experienced banking professional for twenty years before
yielding to his passion for helping individuals and organisations
be at their best through coaching, mentoring, writing, speaking,
and consulting on business continuity, legacy creation, nance,
and institutional development.
He is the author of the ve highly motivating books: Transform
Yourself (the secrets for unleashing and maximising your
potential), The Students’ Fortress (ten practical rules for passing
your exams), The Teachers’ Fortress (a simple guide to becoming
a teacher of inuence and impact), Take the Lead (how to live,
energise, activate and develop your strength zone) and The Value
Chain Banking.

Mr. Adegoke Adegbami
Non-executive director

Mr. Adegoke Adegbami
Non-executive director
Adegoke Adegbami holds an MBA in Financial
Management from Ladoke Akintola University
of Technology, Ogbomosho.
He is an alumnus of Boulder Institute of
Micronance, Turin, Italy; School of African
Micronance, Mombasa, Kenya; Harvard
Business School and Lagos Business School
Mr. Adegbami is a Fellow of ICAN, Associate of
C I T N , F e l l o w o f I n s t i t u t e o f C r e d i t
Administration (ICA), a Certied Micronance
Banker (MCIB) and member of the Institute of
Strategic Management of Nigeria.
He is a member of the Africa Board Fellowship
Program in Governance Organized by Center
for Financial Inclusion-CFI, Washington DC.
A thorough banker with in-depth knowledge
and experience in Corporate Governance,
F i n a n c i a l M a n a g e m e n t , Pe r f o r m a n c e
Management, Internal Audit and Compliance,
F i n a n c i a l Re p o r t i n g a n d Ma n a g eme n t
Accounting, Risk Management, Business
Development and Strategy.
Adegoke Adegbami is currently the MD/CEO of
Mainstreet
Microfinance Bank Limited.

MR. OLUWAGBEMILEKE JOSEPH OGUNBANWO
NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

MR. OLUWAGBEMILEKE JOSEPH OGUNBANWO
NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
An IT professional with architecting, systems implementation, as
well support.
17 years’ experience in software design, development and as
Information and Infrastructure He’s a blockchain Guru, one of the
best software solution architects around.
An Indian trained professional, aside from his UK degree in
(software engineering) he also possesses other Professional
certications
He is also a consultant to various nancial institutions (banks,
ntech, investment houses etc.) both local and international.
Oluwagbemileke is also an AI expert who leads a team that
built the rst indigenous AI (Articial Intelligent framework in
Nigeria without using any framework but his mathematical
algorithms) that powered Ada (bot for Diamond bank) and
Temi (bot for FCMB).