Dr. Festus Ogunmola (aka Olatunde) PhD

 
Co-Founder / Vice Chairman

Festus is the Chairman of Finance and Governance committee of NSI and co –funder of NSI. Festus is a qualified Chartered Accountant by training. He worked as a Financial Consultant for her Majesty the Queen Mother of England at the Queen Nursing Institute and Queen Nursing Fund and later joined Barclays Bank where he served as Branch Manager, Risk Manager, Compliance and Financial Control Manager. Prior to this, Festus worked in Nigeria as Senior Auditor in International Merchant Bank and Chief Inspector of Peoples Bank. At Barclays, Festus reconciled the accounting record that led to the recovery of 14.6million pounds. In recognition of his effort, he was sponsored for his MBA at the University of Manchester Business School.

Festus has been headhunted as consultant to train and implement risk management and compliance process across Europe, Middle East, and Africa for different organisations including Cummins Inc (an American Multinational Company), Royal Bank of Scotland, Sprit Inc (an Aeroplane manufacturing Company in Glasgow Prestwick) Special Adviser and consultant on revenue and budget to the Chief Executive Officer, Perth and Kinross Council, and Senior Consultant Lloyds Bank of Scotland. Festus is the first Chief Executive of Greatway Foundation (A voluntary organisation registered by the Scottish Government to work on youth empowerment and poverty alleviation). He is also the first President and Chief Executive of Scottish Council of African Churches (An established executive body that works in partnership with the Scottish government, different religious organisation, agencies, and institutions of learning).

Festus holds a PhD in Finance from California State University, MBA Finance from the University of Manchester and MBCI from the Business Continuity Institute United Kingdom. He is also a member of Harvard School of Divinity summer leadership program.