Mr. Dada is an accomplished stockbroker and banker. He is an authorised Dealing Clerk of The Nigerian Stock Exchange, as well as Fellow Member of the Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers and Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria. He graduated from Leeds Business School of Leeds, Metropolitan University, United Kingdom where he obtained a Masters Degree in Corporate Governance. Prior to this, he was at the University of Lagos between 1985 and 1988 where he obtained a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration. He later had a Masters Degree in Business Administration. His work’s experience covers Stock broking, Issuing House Activities, Credit Appraisal, Accounting, Investment Advisory services, and General Administration. He is an alumnus of three top-rated business schools: Gordon Institute of Business Science, University of Pretoria, South Africa, New York Institute of Finance, New York, United States of America and Leeds Business School, United Kingdom.
Prior to this time, Mr. Dada was a member of Senior Management staff of Marina International Bank Limited, that later merged with Access Bank Plc, where he was seconded to Marina Securities Limited to function as General Manager and Chief Operating Officer. He was also the Chief Executive Officer of Pyramid Securities Limited for Six years.

Dr. (Mrs.) Ayodeji is a medical practitioner. She started her working career as a banker before veering into the Medical sciences. She is a product of Howard University, Washington D.C. where she graduated with a BSc. degree in Biology (minor in Chemistry). She also attended Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland where she earned her Masters degree in Biotechnology with a concentration in Bioinformatics. She attended Avalon University College of Medicine, for her medical degree and currently attending Walden University, in pursuit of a Masters degree in Healthcare Administration.
Mrs. Ayodeji’s vast exposure cuts across banking to the sciences. She had an early career in banking with Citizen’s Bank, Washington D.C. and later Crestar Bank, Maryland, USA. Since her change of career focus, she has served as Project Officer/Project Manager (Lieutenant) in the United States Public Health Services (USPHS) in various capacities at the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), office of Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) in Washington D.C, for acquisition of medical countermeasures. Prior to that, she was a Regulatory Research Officer at the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Laurel, Maryland, as well as a Research Associate at The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR), Rockville Maryland, USA. Mrs. Ayodeji has sundry Abstracts, Publications and presentations to her credit.

I worked in all areas of Banking Business for a period spanning about 30 years, in Retail, Commercial, and Operations business units in Commercial and Merchant Banking. Some of the Strategic Departments I was Head include International Operations, Credit Compliance, Credit Appraisal, Commercial Treasury, Consumer Banking, Debt Recovery, Commercial & Retail Banking, Inspectorate as Chief Inspector, Regional Business Executive in charge of Federal Capital Territory and North Central, and Regional Director for Federal Capital Territory. I was the Group Head of Banking Operations overseeing E-Banking Operations, Branch Banking; Domestic and International Banking operations of Intercontinental Bank Plc. Other Banks I worked with were Union Bank of Nigeria Plc., Devcom Merchant Bank Ltd, Equitorial Trust Bank Ltd, and Gateway Bank Plc.
• Media: I was the Pioneer Chief Finance Officer/Assistant General Manager of Daar Communications Plc., operators of Ray Power Radio and AIT. I had the privilege of setting up the Accounting System, Credit Control function; installed the Accounting Software
(DacEasy), and managed the Loan Consortium Syndicate, among other Financial Functions, reporting to the Board of Directors
• Capital Market Operations: I worked with Kinley Securities Limited (A Member of the Nigeria Stock Exchange) as the Head of the Corporate Finance Department. I had the privilege of setting up the Corporate Finance Department, developed the clientele base, and supervised the marketing and sales force of the company.

Mrs. Akinretoye had a distinguished career at the Federal Civil service until her retirement as a Chief Systems/Programs Analyst at the National Bureau of Statistics, Abuja, Nigeria.

She is a product of the University of the District of Colombia, Washington D.C. where she earned her Bachelors degree in Computer Science.

Through her exposure and participation at senior levels in the execution of sundry key projects by the National Bureau of Statistics in cooperation with the European Union (EU) and the World Bank, she benefitted immensely from exposure to diverse courses required by the dynamic industry.

Since her voluntary retirement, Mrs. Akinretoye has focused her business pursuits on IT, Textiles, Cosmetics, and Biofuels.