Board of Directors

Board Chairman

Prof. Adebayo Otitoloju

Adebayo is a Professor of Environmental Toxicology and Pollution Management at the University of Lagos.  He is also a visiting researcher at the Kings’ College London (KCL), University of London, and a Senior Research Adviser to the Corporate Environment Department of Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC). Professor Bayo has 155 publications, composed of 72 articles, 3 books, 70 commissioned works and contribution to environment assessment reports.  

He recently served (Jan 2017 to Jan 2021) as the Managing Director of Unilag Consult Limited (The Investment Consulting Business of the University of Lagos). 

He is the recipient of International Prize awarded by the Belgian Government and the World Laboratory Fellowship Award by ICSC Switzerland. Beyond Academics, Research and University related activities, Professor Adebayo has nurtured couple of startups and is on the board of two medium sized companies.  

Prof. Adebayo brings his wealth of experience in health, safety, social and environmental issues to bear at SPOK. This is in addition to his intellect and business experience.

Director

Inaingo Ogufere

Inaingo is a versatile leader focused on driving change through learning experiences and personal & business coaching techniques. She is currently the Managing Director for The KRC Limited – a human resources support consulting firm based in Lagos Nigeria. She has a rich background of professional experience in the Nigerian Financial Services industry. She worked with premium financial organizations like ARM Plc (2008/9) as Assistant Vice President and wealth Advisor to HNIs and GTBank Plc (1995 till 2007) her last role there as the Regional Head in charge of Retail Banking for the South-South/East divisions. She has functioned in marketing and credit roles in diverse sectors like commercial, corporate, energy and public institutions. She briefly worked as the Director General (DG) Enterprise Development for Bayelsa State from 2015 to 2016, developing skills acquisition and youth engagement training programmes to enhance human capital development in the state. Inaingo holds an MBA from The Lagos Business School Ajah, HRM Certificate from Cornell University, New York and attended the Euromoney Senior Manager Programme (SMP) in Slough, UK. She is a graduate from the University of Port Harcourt with MSc. & BSc. In Industrial Chemistry. She has considerable top-level management experience and excellent transferable skills; she is also an internationally published author (fiction genre), very organized and communicates excellently. She currently sits on the board of 2 corporate organizations and a non-profit foundation for the development of women in the workplace.

Non-Executive Director

Lateef Bayo Sanni

Bayo has over 27 years banking and finance experience working in various roles including risk management, corporate banking, and operations. He started his banking career at Zenith Bank and worked at Citibank where he gained valuable experience in operations and client relationships. 

He previously served as the Executive Director, Lagos Commercial Banking, and Chief Risk Officer at Skye Bank. Prior to this, he served as Chief Risk Officer at FCMB where he was responsible for the risk management and control function. He also served as the pioneer General Manager/Senior Vice President of the SME Group at FCMB.

Beyond Banking, Bayo has nurtured a start-up and consults for various SMEs. He is currently the CEO of Catilas Resources Limited and on the Board of three medium scale companies.  He holds Bachelors’ and Masters’ Degrees in Banking and Finance from the University of Lagos

Independent Non-Executive Director

Leke Ogunlewe

LEKE has over 35 years’ experience in Banking, spanning Banking Operations, Corporate and Investment Banking, Retail & Commercial Banking, Capital Market, Project Finance and Financial Advisory. He served as Executive Director Wholesale Banking at Standard Chartered Bank Nigeria, prior to that he was the CEO/Managing Director of Standard Chartered Capital &Advisory Nigeria Limited (The Investment Banking Group of Standard Chartered Group in Nigeria). 

Before joining Standard Chartered Group, He worked in United Bank for Africa (UBA) where He served at various top management positions including Managing Director UBA Capital, Group Directors Energy, Structured Finance and Group Director International Banking & Head of Corporate Banking.  

During his banking career, he was involved in major landmark deals in both Banking & Capital Markets. Some of these transactions are M&A and Capital Raising deals involving Lever Brothers (now Unilever), Sanyo and Continental/Consolidated Breweries, Nigerian Bottlings Company Plc etc.

LEKE has a first degree in Economics and a Masters’ degree in Business Administration. He currently runs a Financial Advisory Company with specific focus on Oil & Gas Industry.

Managing Director

Femi Dickson Alonge

He is a graduate of Mechanical Engineering from the Obafemi Awolowo University (Formerly University of Ife), with over 22years post-graduation experience in Private Equity, Corporate Finance, Corporate Bank and Commercial Bank. He served as Executive Director corporate banking at Standard chartered bank, Area Head Ikeja Business District at Standard Chartered Bank Nigeria, and Senior Credit Analyst/Relationship Manager at Guaranty Trust Bank.

Femi also recently served as the CEO at Northstar finance services Limited, Mauritius (A Private Equity Firm with investments in Micro Finance Bank, Life Assurance, Money Transfers, and Mortgage Companies).

He is currently the Managing Director at Spok Capital Limited. 

Femi has attended various local/international leadership, credit, and banking courses.