In support of efforts to increase financial inclusion of vulnerable communities in Nigeria, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors (RPA) recently appointed Henrietta Bankole-Olusina, Adedeji Oguntonade and Segilola Adeola to drive its effort to support an enabling regulatory environment.
Henrietta Bankole-Olusina, RPA’s Nigeria Programme Director, is focused on digital financial services for vulnerable populations. In this role, she will liaise with regulators to strengthen policies and regulations that will drive financial inclusion.
Prior to this appointment, Henrietta was Head of Corporate Transformation and the executive responsible for Information Technology at the Asset & Resource Management (ARM) Group, and Managing Director at ARM Financial Advisers. Prior to joining ARM, she was the Financial Services Management Consulting Lead and Head of Mobility and Payments at Accenture in Nigeria. She holds a B.Sc. in Biology from the University of Lagos, Nigeria and an MBA from the Maastricht School of Management, The Netherlands.
Adedeji Oguntonade assumes the role of Nigeria Payments Director, working to support a positive regulatory environment for digital financial services and financial inclusion within Nigeria. Specifically, he will work with relevant regulators on pricing, licenses, identification, distribution networks and financial services supply‐side mapping among other initiatives.
Prior to this appointment, Adedeji was the Fintech and Innovation Division Head at Guaranty Trust Bank. Before that, he was Group Head, Electronic Payments at the Bank. He holds a B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Lagos, Nigeria and an MBA from the Federal University of Technology, Nigeria.
Segilola Adeola assumes the role of Financial Inclusion Senior Advisor, working to support RPA’s work on various grants in Nigeria and across Africa. Prior to her appointment, Segilola worked as a consultant, managing a number of work streams in Nigeria and across the African continent for RPA. Before that, she was a manager at Accenture, working with Accenture Development Partnerships.
She holds a B.Eng. in Electrical Engineering and Electronics from the university of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology and M.Sc. in Mobile and Satellite Communications from the University of Surrey, and an MBA from the University of Warwick in the United Kingdom.
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors (RPA) is a non-profit organisation that currently dvises d manages more than $400 million yearly, giving by individuals, fmilies, corporations and major foundations.