Ayokunle Ayoko

Ayokunle Ayoko

Ayokunle Ayoko

Non Executive Director

Ayokunle is a Lawyer, Chartered Secretary, Certified Management Consultant, Certified Compliance Analyst, Certified Independent Non-Executive Director, and Notary Public. He worked with FirstBank and FBN Holdings PLC where he served as Company Secretary for FBN Insurance Limited (now Sanlam Insurance Limited), FBN General Insurance Limited (now Sanlam General Insurance Limited), and FBN Insurance Brokers Limited, all subsidiaries of FBN Holdings PLC.

He was also Company Secretary/Legal Adviser for Berger Paints Plc and Company Secretary/General Counsel for International Breweries Plc (AB Inbev) between 2018 to 2023. He is currently the Group Company Secretary/Head of Legal and Chief Compliance Officer at the CFAO Nigeria Group – a French Multinational.

Ayokunle’s holds a 2nd Class Upper L.L.B (Hons) degree from the University of Ibadan, an MBA from the Liverpool John Moores University(UK), and an LLM from the University of South Wales (UK). He also holds an Executive Diploma in International Law & Diplomacy from Kingsland Foundation, and a Certificate in Global Governance & Diplomacy from the European School for Leadership Development.

Ayokunle won the 2019 Nigerian Legal Awards’ “40 under 40” (ESQ Magazine), the 2022 Africa Forty Under Forty Awards (Xodus Communications/Ministry of Arts and Culture, Ghana), the 2020 Modern Governance100 General Counsels’ award, and the 2022 Modern Governance 100 Global & Ethics Leader award (Diligent Corporation, New York). He was also listed in the Legal 500 GC Powerlist Nigeria 2024.

Ayokunle holds Fellowships from the Institute of Management Consultants, Nigeria (FIMC) and the Global Academy of Finance and Management, USA. He is a member of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), International Bar Association, Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (ICSAN), Society for Corporate Governance Nigeria (SCGN), and the Chartered Institute of Directors (CIoD), Nigeria.

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