Amb. Dew Tuan-Wleh Mayson
Chairman
A seasoned Administrator and Diplomat, Professor Mason holds a bachelor’s degree in Foreign Service from Georgetown University, Washington D.C., and also a Master of Arts and Ph.D. in Economics and African Studies from the University of California, Los Angeles, U.S.A. He was Deputy Director of Afro-Asian Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, R.L. between 1971-1973. He was a Visiting Professor at several universities in Africa and the United States of America between 1973-1980. He was Chairman, National Investment Commission (NIC), R.L. between 1980-1983. He was Liberia’s Ambassador to France, Spain, Switzerland, Greece, U.N.E.S.C.O., Algeria, between 1983-1985. n February 2006, he was appointed by President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf as an Advisor and Special Envoy of the President.
Currently he is the Board Chairman of United Bank for Africa and he is on Board of other reputable companies.
Akin Opeodu
Vice Chairman
He qualified as a chartered accountant in 1979. He is a fellow of both the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants, United Kingdom as well as the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria. Mr. Akin Opeodu’s working experience spans audit practice, commerce, industry and fianance. He was formerly the Finance Controller of Vegetable and Fruit Processing Ltd and was the pioneering Chief Excutive of VT Leasing Ltd which pioneered equipment leasing and consumer financing in Nigeria. He has attended various management development programmes, including the Chief Executive Program (CEP) of the Lagos Business School and the Advanced Negotiation programs at Colombia University in New York. He also has certification in Alternative Dispute Resolution at the Multidoor Courthouse of the Lagos High Court.
He was Director of Woena Bank Plc. He is Chairman of Safetrust Mortgage Bank and the Board of Trustees of Down Syndrome Foundation of Nigeria. He sits on the Board of several other companies.
Dr. Akin Ogunbiyi
Director
An Economist, Consultant and Insurance Professional, Mr. Ogunbiyi is a graduate of Agricultural Economics from the University of Ife. He is also an alumnus of the famous International Graduate School of Management, University of Navarra (IESE) Barcelona, Spain where he took an Executive
Masters in Business Administration. In addition, he is an alumnus of Lagos Business School and SAID Business School of University of Oxford where he attended the Oxford Advanced Management & Leadership Programme.
An Associate of the Chartered Insurance Institute, London, he did not only complete his Associateship examination in record time, Mr. Ogunbiyi has the rare honour of securing the highest number of distinctions in the professional examination in two sittings. He had his insurance training in NICON from where he moved to start the Finance and Insurance Experts Limited – a multi-disciplinary consultancy firm, as pioneer Associate Director/Ag. Chief Executive.
Mr. Ogunbiyi serves on the board of The Infrastructure Bank Plc and other companies.