Rolayo Akhigbe

Rolayo is a Senior Vice President in a financial institution with a career in the Finance sector spanning two decades, working with both global and local Financial Institutions across Africa and Europe. Following the completion of her MBA in the United Kingdom, she was one of a handful of international candidates selected by a global financial institution to work in her home country as part of a keenly contested Graduate Management Program. During her career she has had the valuable opportunity to interface directly with organisations across all industries and has been part of the success story of many companies. She has also had access to training from several international experts in the fields of Financial Management, Leadership amongst others.

She has successfully led large cross-cultural and cross-functional teams, with a strong focus on leveraging digital solutions. Rolayo believes strongly in continuous growth and the open sharing of knowledge and acts as a mentor to a number of young professionals seeking to enhance their business, financial and personal skills to equip them to become major players in their respective fields.

Recognised as one of the top 50 leading ladies in Corporate Nigeria by Leading Ladies Africa she is passionate about the professional development and financial empowerment for women as she strongly believes that empowering women has a direct positive impact on society as a whole.

Rolayo is also passionate about helping people invest wisely in their emotional, physical and financial health as that to her, is the true definition of Wealth.