Chairman
FSDH Capital Limited
Mr. Belo-Osagie was a founding member of staff of FSDH Merchant Bank and the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer from 1998 to 2017. Prior to joining FSDH, Mr. Belo-Osagie worked with African International Bank Limited and Chartered Bank of Nigeria Limited in managerial positions. He also served as the Chairman of the Nigerian Discount Market Association several times while he was the MD/CEO of FSDH Merchant Bank. He is a graduate of the renowned Imperial College of Science and Technology, London and Strathclyde University, Glasgow and holds a Masters in Business Administration from The London Business School and an Advanced Management Programme from Havard Business School.
Non-Executive Director
FSDH Capital Limited
Bukola Smith holds an MBA from Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, U.K, and a B.Sc. Economics from the University of Lagos. She is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accounts of Nigeria (ICAN), Honorary Member of the Chartered Institute of Bankers and an Associate Member, Certified Institute of Pensions (Nigeria). She became the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of FSDH Merchant Bank in April 2021. She brings 29 years of progressive experience in the banking industry with a track record of strategic execution and leadership. Before her appointment as Managing Director, she was the Executive Director, Business Development at First City Monument Bank and held several other leadership positions since joining in 2006. She was responsible for the banks over 200 branches across the country, Public Sector, Business Banking, Agriculture and Transaction Banking Divisions. Under her, the bank’s SME focused team in 3 years moved from 5th position in the industry to 1st position in 2019 (KPMG Customer Service Report 2020). In addition, she established the FCMB Women in Business Desk (branded SheVentures) which supports female entrepreneurs; and set up FCMB Trustees and FCMB Custody. She was at some point the Divisional Head Treasury, Divisional Head Internal Audit and has also had responsibility for the Investment Banking and Registrar Subsidiaries of the Bank. Bukola also sat on the board on Legacy (now FCMB) Pension Funds Ltd., CSL Stockbrokers Ltd and FCMB Trustees Ltd. Prior to joining FCMB in 2006, she worked with FSB International Bank from 1992 to 2000 and Fidelity Bank plc from 2000 to 2006 gaining experiences in several areas of banking including treasury operations, international trade services, foreign and local currency trading, bond trading, Correspondent Banking and relationship management of Non-Bank Financial Institutions and Private Banking Clients. Bukola currently sits on the boards of Women in Successful Careers (WISCAR), and the Toyin Oni Foundation (NGO for cancer awareness). She serves as a mentor to several young women within and outside these networks.
Managing Director
FSDH Capital Limited
Mr. Osinibi has over twenty-five (25) years investment banking, asset management and consulting experience in Nigeria and Europe. He has led numerous project teams advising the Nigerian Government, major multinational clients and large local corporate institutions on major financial transactions. He worked with FCMB Capital Markets Ltd. (MD), KPMG Nigeria (Director) and Shell Nig. Closed Pension Fund Administrator (Chief Investment Officer). He was formerly Vice President at JP Morgan, London and holds a B.Sc in Economics from the University of St. Andrews, Scotland.
Non Executive Director
FSDH Capital Limited
Professor Okagbue brings to the Board a wealth of experience from her distinguished career as an academic and lawyer. She is currently a director/partner at Metis Capital Partners Limited.
Non-Executive Director
FSDH Capital Limited
Mr. Owolabi has over 20 years of banking experience and is the Group Head of Financial Institutions, responsible for developing and managing the relationship with all non-bank financial institutions and other institutional clients. Before joining FSDH, he worked at FCMB and at different times oversaw Financial Institutions, Correspondent Banking and Structured Funding. He was also the Head of treasury at IMB international Bank. Mr. Owolabi’s educational background includes a bachelor’s degree in Agriculture from the University of Ilorin and an MBA from Business School Netherlands. He has attended numerous local and international courses and in addition to financial institutions, is responsible for wealth management and correspondent banking at FSDH Merchant Bank.
Non Executive Director
FSDH Capital Limited
Mr. Caxton-Martins is the Managing Partner in the law firm of ACAS-Law (Adepetun, Caxton-Martins, Agbor & Segun), Corporate & Commercial Group. He brings to the board over thirty years career experience in corporate and commercial transactions particularly in relation to advising on foreign investment and joint ventures, private equity investments, international mergers and acquisitions, infrastructure projects particularly in the ports and telecoms sectors, anti-corruption and compliance due diligence and advisory, media, sports and entertainment law and arbitration. Afolabi is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (UK) and routinely advises on structuring investments to benefit from bilateral investment treaty protection. He is a graduate of University of London, Nigerian Law School and also a member of the Nigerian Bar Association, The International Bar Association, The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators of Nigeria and the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators UK.
Non Executive Director
FSDH Capital Limited
Mr. Backer is the Chief Investment Officer of AFIG Funds and has been with the Fund since its inception in 2006. He leads all aspects of the investment process and is a member of the Fund’s Investment Committee. Prior to AFIG Funds, Patrice was the Managing Director of PromoCapital, and prior to that was with JPMorgan’s Emerging Markets, Sales and Trading, and Latin America M&A groups. Patrice graduated from Harvard College with a bachelor’s degree in Engineering in 1988. He also holds an MBA from the Wharton School of Business and an MA in International Studies from the University of Pennsylvania’s Lauder Institute, both earned in 1993.
Head, Financial Control & Operations
FSDH Capital Limited
Opeyemi Omoleye is an accountant with over 17 years of experience in financial control. She started her career with the Treasury and Financial Control Unit at Kakawa Discount House in 2004, and has since then worked with organizations like Eterna Oil & Gas Nigeria and Integrated Microfinance Bank. Opeyemi joined FSDH Group as a Financial Controller in 2007 and rose up the ranks to her current position as Head, Financial Control & Operations at FSDH Capital, where she oversees the Operations Unit. She holds an MBA in Finance from Manchester Business School and a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting from the University of Lagos. She is also a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), and Associate of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN).
Head, Stockbroking & Securities Trading
FSDH Capital Limited
Mrs Umeh has over eighteen years’ experience in accounting, banking and the capital market. She worked in IMB International Bank and Firstinland Bank Plc before she joined FSDH Securities (Now FSDH Capital) in 2008, where she has since worked for 15 years as a capital market professional in various capacities and on various transactions spanning Stockbroking, Trade execution, Portfolio Management, Equity & Debt Capital Raising and Listings. She is the Head of Securities Trading, overseeing the Securities Trading business, a position she held since 2016.
She holds a B.Sc in Accounting from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, an M.Sc. in Corporate Finance from the University of Liverpool, United Kingdom and a Portfolio Management Professional Certification from the New York Institute of Finance.
She is a Fellow of both the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) and the Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers (CIS).
Head, Business Development
FSDH Capital Limited
Oghoadena Ibikunle is a sales expert with over 13 years of experience in sales of financial services including equities, fixed income and asset management products. She joined FSDH Capital as the Head of Business Development in 2020. Prior to this, she served as a Senior Business Development Personnel at FCMB Asset Management Limited from 2015-2020 and held the position of Private Wealth Team Lead at CSL Stockbrokers Limited before this. Oghoadena holds a B.Sc Business Administration & Management from the University of Ado-Ekiti and has completed multiple trainings including Executive Sales Skills, and Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management.
Non Executive Director
FSDH Capital Limited
Mr Ogbomo is a senior finance expert with over 27 years of international and local finance and investment experience. He graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Accountancy from the University of Benin in 1988, holds an M.Sc. in Finance from Bentley College Graduate School in 1993 and an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1997. He worked as a senior associate at PriceWaterhouseCoopers in 1993 and then as a Director at Merrill Lynch and a Managing Director, Investment Banking at Goldman Sachs from 2004 to 2011. He was a Partner at Vine Capital Partners, a private equity firm focused on investing in key sectors in Nigeria and Sub-Saharan Africa. He serves as a director on the board of FSDH Asset Management Limited