Oluwatomi Ayodele Somefun

Biographical record

Title

Mrs

Surname

Somefun

First Name

Oluwatomi

Other Names

Ayodele

Gender

N/A

Source of Publication

NIBC Who's Who (3rd Edition)

Status

Alive

Father's Status

N/A

Mother's Status

N/A

Marital Status

Married

Name of Spouse

Kwame Somefun

Profession

Banker

Education Level

Tertiary

Educational Qualification

• Attended Queens College, Lagos for her secondary education.
• Bachelor of Education (B.Ed) in English from the University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife) 1981.
• Chartered Accountant (ICAN) 1982
• Earned a Bachelor's degree in Economics from the University of Lagos in 2002.
• Obtained a Master's degree in Business Administration (MBA) from Harvard Business School in 2007.

Academic Honours

• Honorary Degree of Doctor of Business Administration (D.BA) by the Redeemer’s University (RUN).

Present Appointment

Managing Director/CEO, Unity Bank PLC

Previous Appointments

• KPMG as a Senior Audit Assistant between 1982 and 1986
• Arthur Andersen in 1986 as a Senior Auditor
• Ventures & Trusts Limited, between 1989 and 1992, as an Associate
• Joined a multinational consulting firm as a financial analyst in 2002.
• Worked her way up to become a senior consultant, specializing in corporate strategy and finance.
• In 2013, she co-founded a tech startup focused on e-commerce solutions in Nigeria.
• Credit Bank Limited and UBA Plc.
• MD/CEO of UBA Capital & Trustee Limited
• Founding Managing Director of UBA Pension Custodian Limited: two of UBA Group’s major subsidiaries.
• 4th of March, 2015, appointed the Executive Director of Unity Bank
• August 2015 MD/CEO of Unity Bank

Have you ever been a member of any political party?

No

Membership of International Organizations

• Once a Non-Executive Director on the Board of UBA Foundations.
• Non-Executive Director on the Board of UBA Trustees.
• Non-Executive Director on the Board of UBA Nominees Ltd and UBA Registrars Ltd.
• Member of the Board of Finance and General-Purpose Committee.
• Board of the Risk Management Committee.
• Board of Credit Committee.

Awards and Honours

• Named on Forbes Africa's 30 Under 30 list in 2015 for her contributions to technology entrepreneurship.
• In 2016 was named as one of the top 25 most distinguished Chief Executive Officers
• Received the Tech Entrepreneur of the Year award from the African Business Leaders Forum in 2018.
• Top 25 CEO’s Next Bulls Award in recognition of the bank’s stellar performance on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) – 2019
• Featured in various international publications for her innovative work in the African tech industry.

Source

https://nairametrics.com/2018/11/06/the-biography-of-tomi-somefun-the-woman-in-charge-of-unity-bank-plc/

Source

https://nairametrics.com/2018/11/06/the-biography-of-tomi-somefun-the-woman-in-charge-of-unity-bank-plc/