Adekunle Awojobi
Managing Director/CEO
Adekunle Awojobi is Managing Director / CEO of First Trustees Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of FBN Holdings Plc, a company with over 45years in trusteeship business, licensed by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
Adekunle holds a B.SC (Hons,) in Economics with a First Class from Ogun state University (Now Olabisi Onabanjo University). A seasoned Chartered Accountant with over 33 years’ experience in the financial services sector. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Accountants of Nigeria (FCA), Associate Nigerian Institute of Management, Associate Certified Fraud Examiner and Member Institute of Internal Auditors.
He has at different times attended programs at The Wharton School, London Business School, Lagos Business School as well as several Euromoney programs including Euro-money Bond & Fixed Income Academy, Real Estate Finance Programme, Corporate Finance Programme and Bond Programme and several Trustees Essential Courses.
He has spent the last 22 years in different managerial roles in core Trust business; as Manager, Operations and subsequently transited to head the Capital Markets & Investments function. He has also served as Head Operations and Chief Financial Officer (CFO). He is currently the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer.
Prior to joining First Trustees, Kunle had stints with KPMG Audit, Texaco Nigeria Plc, and CarnaudMetalBox Nigeria Plc (Now Nampak Plc) in diverse roles straddling Audit, Operations and Finance. Adekunle currently Chairs the Board of Epe Resorts & Spa Limited. He sits on the board of First Capital Limited, JDI Investments Limited (Novotel Hotel, Port Harcourt), First Dependants Nigeria Limited, Anchorage Leisures Limited (Radisson Blu Anchorage Hotel, Lagos). He was a Board member of UACN Property Development Company Plc from 2012 to 2021.
As the CEO of one of Nigeria’s foremost Trust Companies, Adekunle has been involved in capital market transactions of differing complexity and sizes, FGN Sukuk issuances, sub-national bond issuance, corporate bond issuance, project finance, syndicated lending, and collective investment schemes, the combined value of which is more than US$15Billion.
Kunle has strong competencies in Trusteeship and Estate Planning & Administration, Corporate Governance, Board Operations & Management, Accounting, Portfolio Management, Business Planning & Control, Internal Audit, Operations Management, and Risk Management.
