Ibidapo Odojukan

Mr. Ibidapo Odojukan is a passionate transformational leader with about 25 years working experience that spans both the private and public sectors, where he held both Executive and Non-Executive positions and managed an array of projects and programs of organizations. Odojukan is deeply passionate about creating sustainable value in organisations and impacting on the effective and efficient delivery of projects and programs in relation to time and budget.

Over the course of his career in Executive roles, Mr. Odojukan has managed projects and programs, delivering value in line with outlined business cases and business benefits. With seven (7) years cognate experience in Non-Executive Board roles, he possesses deep understanding of the requirements of corporate governance and compliance expectations. Before his appointment as Executive Director, Finance & Corporate Services at the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Odojukan was a Partner and Director, Chestercross Consulting, a management consulting and strategy firm.

He has chaired several Board Committees focused on specific areas like corporate strategy, business development, enterprise & investment risk and organizational change. From 2018, before becoming a Director at Chestercross, Odojukan was a Non-Executive Director, Rosaab International Cos. Limited and chaired the Board Committee on Strategy & Business Development responsible for reviewing, iterating and monitoring management’s short, medium and long term strategic plans. Prior to this, he had served as Group Chief Executive Officer at the company from 2012 to 2017. He also served as Non-Executive Director, Charterhouse Pharmaceuticals (2016) as well as Group Managing Director/Chief Executive, Gateway Holdings between 2010 and 2011.

While at Rosaab International, Odojukan initiated and drove the establishment of business operations in several West African Countries under the company’s “African footprint” growth strategy. A significant milestone in his career at Rosaab was the execution of nationwide rebranding implementation of twenty three banks inspired by the Central Bank’s banking reforms.

Mr. Odojukan holds a Bachelors degree in Philosophy from the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria (1990) and has attended several international and local courses including Executive Education: Change and Organizational Renewal at Harvard Business School, Boston USA (2007), Business Analytics Certification Course at Imperial College, London (2022) and Advanced Management Program at Ashridge Management School, United Kingdom (2004), amongst others.

He enjoys traveling, reading, learning new things and watching movies.

He is happily married with children.