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Albert Afolabi is a visionary, excellent, self-motivated and positive individual. Albert has immense passion for human capacity building, business development with a profiled effort at crafting and developing creative strategies for people and businesses in the last Fifteen (15) years. He is very optimistic about the enormous possibilities of the human will, energy and capacity. Albert is able to creatively route great mental, relational and personal faculty, particularly in the areas of Strategy and Business development, Business Advisory, Project Management and/or Consulting. Albert is currently the CEO and Co-Founder, TM30 Global Limited, a software development, IT and Telecomms consulting company, leading a team of 45 software developers, product managers and project manager building great fintech products like the Bigfoot (our agency banking platform), PayMyBills - an innovative bill payment solution via whatsapp chatbot, BankPro – internet banking as a service and many others . He has worked previously as the Chief Operating Officer, West Africa for InTarget Mobile Advertising, leading the deployment of their mobile advertising platform across 8 African countries.

Ayodeji has over 13 years extensive management experience spanning across financial services, technology and downstream logistics. He has been involved in several transformational initiatives including conceptualizing and managing the development of the first real time settlement system for electronic transactions initiated by MFI clients on 3rd party channels in Nigeria and possibly Africa.With landmark achievements in the financial technology space where he was instrumental in building special purpose platforms to solve complex problems in payments, he forayed into Management Consulting in 2012 and continues to provide transformational advisory services to business leaders across different industries and markets including ICT, Manufacturing, Consumer Retail, Fashion Retail, Energy, Healthcare, Lottery and Financial Services.

Biola is an Independent Non-Executive Director of Vale Finance Limited. She is an experienced finance professional, certified project manager, business structure and strategy expert with a strong background in audit, financial planning, investment management, business process engineering and extensive experience in driving key structural changes in organizations from experience gathered while working with top financial services industry clients in the global audit firm- KPMG as well as in the investment management industry for about 15 years. She holds a B.Tech in Project Management Technology from Lagos State University, PRINCE2 certification in Project Management from APMG International, MBA with specialism in Finance from Edinburgh Business School (Heriot-Watt University), Scotland and also a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria. Before her appointment as the Executive Director, Finance & Operations at Coralstone Investments Group, she worked as the Group Chief Financial Officer at Coronation Group where she was responsible for overseeing financial control, investment management and strategy development functions at the group level.

Sola Adeyinka is the Managing Director of Vale Finance Limited. He is a charter holder of the respected CFA institute and a member of the Association of Certified Chartered Accounts (ACCA) and Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria. Sola has over fifteen years’ experience in investments and portfolio management, personal finance & wealth creation, SME advisory, business consulting and financial planning and analysis. He is a financial expert with in-depth insights into identifying, nurturing, and exploring high growth opportunities across industries. Prior to joining Coralstone, he worked at KPMG and Accenture, driving structural changes in accounting and financing processes, leading strategy and management advisory. He also worked at South Atlantic Petroleum Limited in a Strategic Finance role. Sola has played actively in various asset classes such as Equities, Fixed Income, Real Estate, Private Equity, and other alternative investments, and has in-depth knowledge of Africa's oil and gas industry. He helps businesses leverage this knowledge base for informed decision-making, and is also very passionate about helping people achieve financial freedom early in life. Sola has a B.Sc in Applied Accounting from Oxford Brooks University, United Kingdom, and B.Sc in Material Science and Engineering from Obafemi Awolowo University. He has attended several courses locally and internationally including the Project and Infrastructural Finance at the prestigious London Business School.

Chinedum is the Managing Director at Sproxil, overseeing her operations in Africa - Nigeria, Ghana, Mali, Kenya and Tanzania. As a visionary business leader, his mission at Sproxil is to build an enduring institution that will be a clear leader in the brand protection space and deliver value to all stakeholders. Prior to joining Sproxil, he served as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of CFS West Africa Limited, a customer service advisory firm in Victoria Island, Lagos. He has valuable experience spanning Strategy Development and Restructuring for financial services companies and conglomerates, Tax advisory, e-Payments, Business incubation and Consulting. Before his appointment as the MD/CEO of CFS West Africa, he was the Deputy Head, Business Advisory in Nextzon Business Services Limited, a Management Consulting firm in Lagos, Nigeria focused on Strategy Development, Business Restructuring and Incubation. Chinedum started his career in Arthur Andersen now KPMG Nigeria over 20 years ago. He is a Chartered Global Management Accountant – CGMA and an Associate Chartered Management Accountant – ACMA. Chinedum holds a first degree in Microbiology from University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State and an International MBA from IE Business School, Madrid, Spain. He is an alumnus of New York Institute of Finance, New York, and a member of the Institute of Directors, Nigeria