Folasade Odunaiya, B.SC, FCA, CFA

Sade graduated with a First Class (Honours) degree in Computer Science and Economics from the University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University) and is a merit award winner of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN). She was awarded the Chartered Financial Analyst Charter by the CFA Institute in the year 2000 and was the immediate past President of the Nigerian chapter of the CFA Institute.

She spent six years in the Audit and Business Advisory units of Arthur Andersen (now KPMG Professional Services) before joining IBFC Limited (Business & Financial Consultants) in 1993. At IBFC, she was responsible for managing the firm’s training business and also participated in several financial and tax consulting assignments.

In 1999, IBFC Limited merged with the business consulting department of Agusto & Co Ltd to form Alliance Consulting, a firm specializing in financial consulting/advisory services, strategy and process consulting, human resource consulting, solicited market/investment research, and risk management consulting services.

Immediately after the merger, she was seconded to IBFCAgusto Training as the Chief Executive Officer for two years. She returned to Alliance Consulting to manage the Process / Risk Management and Human Resource Consulting services of the firm.

Currently, Sade is a Non-Executive Director at IBFCAlliance Limited. She facilitates training programs in the areas of accounting, business finance, financial analysis, investment/portfolio analysis, treasury management, and credit risk analysis/management amongst others. She is also an Action Coach-certified business coach.