MR. JOHN TANIMOLA OBARO

Mr. John Tanimola Obaro is the Managing Director of SystemSpecs - Nigeria's leading HR, Payroll, Accounting and e-payment solutions provider. Lately, the company has been in the forefront in the campaign for e-payment system in the country with its product - REMITA - , rated as one of the best indigenous e-payment solution in the country.

He is a respected personality in the IT industry for his leading role in the area of software development and deployment.

A graduate of Ahmadu Bello University Zaria with a degree in Mathematics and Computer Science and MBA from the University of Lagos, Tani has attended extensive international training and exposures in Business Management and won a lot of awards from different institutions and bodies. He is a member of various professional and statutory bodies including Fellow of the Nigeria Computer Society; National Software Development Task Force; Governing Council of the Computer Professional Registration Council of Nigeria; Science and Technology Commission of the Nigerian Economic Summit Group.

He has at various times worked with the Leventis Group, United Bank for Africa and IMB (an affiliate of the Bank of Chicago) among other institutions. Obaro introduces readers to the challenges of IT in Nigeria, especially with references to the deployment of E-payment in government establishments.

MR. OLADEJO FAJOBI

Mr Oladejo Fajobi graduated from the university of Lagos in 1981 with honours from the department of Accountancy. He qualified as a member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (ICMA)| London in 1988, and a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants (ICAN|) in 1990.

He is an examiner of various Examinations. He worked at various times as Budget Control Manager, Financial Controller, Audit and Finance Control Manager, and Risks and Control Manager of TOTAL NIGERIA PLC from 1983 to October 2007, when he voluntarily retired. He is the chairman of the board of Directors of Grace Info Tech Limited, as well as Chairman of the Board of Governors of King's Anchor College and The King's Kid Schools.

He is a philanthropist, belonging to various social philanthropic organizations.

ENGR. IGNATIUS DARE IFELAYO

Engineer Dare Ifelayo is an accomplished Petroleum Engineer with over 27years experience in the upstream sector of the Oil and Gas industry. He is a first class honours graduate of Petroleum Engineering from the University of Ibadan.

He started his career with Texaco Overseas Nigeria Petroleum Company in 1978 as an Operation Engineer. He became Head, Reservoir Engineer in 1984 after undergoing a year of training in Houston Texas USA.

Mr. Ifelayo spent the major part of his career in Texaco oversea where, he rose through the Management cadre over the years. He was appointed Assistant Chief Engineer in 1986, Chief Petroleum Engineer in 1991, General Superintendent in 1994 and General Manager in 1999. He was seconded to Chevron Texaco Houston Texas in 2001 as General Manager Project Development and retired in August 2005.

He later joined Addax Petroleum Development Lagos, in December 2005 as General Manager (Asset Management) a position he occupied till date having been moved to Geneva, Switzerland in 2007-2009 and back to Lagos.

Dare is a member of both Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) and Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE), a member of the Advisory Board of Offshore West Africa (OWA).

MR. RICHARD TUNJI OBA

Mr. Richard Tunji Oba is a graduate of Accountancy, Associate Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN). He has an MBA Degree from the University of Lagos. He is an Alumnus of Lagos Business school having completed the Advanced Management Programme (AMP-4).

He is a Chartered Stockbroker, an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers and a Dealing Clerk of the Nigerian Stock Exchange.

Mr. Tunji Oba trained as an Accountant with Deloitte Haskins & Sells (Chartered Accountants). He worked with SCOA Nigeria Plc as an Accountant before joining the Rims group through Lighthouse Investment as Investment Manager. He was moved to Rims Securities Limited and was in charge of Corporate Finance.

He joined Reward Investment and Services Limited as a General Manager. He was with Reward until he disengaged to start Forte Asset Management Limited, now Forte Financial ltd.

MRS. ABIODUN OGUNKANMI

Mrs. Abiodun Ogunkanmi is a 1984 Business Administration graduate of the University Of Lagos.

In 1990 she joined Marreco Services Limited Ikoyi, Lagos as its Research Officer, and three years later moved over to Ralph Newheaven Limited, Lagos.

Mrs. Ogunkanmi who is an associate member of the Chartered Institute Of Secretaries and Administrators, also sits on the board of several other Companies including Cornerstone Insurance Plc.

She is a successful Business Woman.

ENGR. TOLA OLUDEMI

Engineer Tola Oludemi graduated from University of Ilorin in 1985 with a B.Eng.(Hons) in Mechanical Engineering. He also holds a University of Lagos Masters of business Administration(2000) where he majored in Finance. He is a focused leader with very strong problem solving ability.

He worked with Nigerian Port Authority (NPA) for eighteen(18) years before leaving to set up Hoab Technologies, an ICT outfit.

He is a COREN registered Engineer, a corporate member of the Nigerian Society of Engineers and Nigerian Institute of Mechanical Engineers. He is also a corporate member of Nigerian Institute of Management(NIM). He has attended many local and International courses.

MR. RICHARD OBIRE

Richard’s previous experience include management and regulatory consulting at Nigerian office of Ernst and Winney(now Ernst and Young) in the mid eighties; Investment and Commercial Banking for 15 years, reached Executive Director level at Platimum Bank(now Bank PHB) as co-starter in year 2000. Since September 2004,CEO Founder of IRIS Consulting. Also Chairs the Board of Parkway Projects, a savvy e-payments, e-business and e-commerce technology player in West Africa.

Especially excited about innovative social enterprise initiatives for transforming the continent and for massively improving the lives of its people.

New projects include the promotion of the African Institute of Business Simulations as founding Director-General to champion the adoption of simulations and interactive learning technologies for social problem solving, business skills training and certifications and for education in other subjects in Universities and high schools across the continent.

His specialties includes: Business and Corporate Strategy; Leadership Training and Business Startups Advisory; Change Management and Recruiting Talent.

Richard represents the following group: African Institute of Business Simulations, Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria, Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers, Nigeria Institute of Directors, Nigeria-Britain Association.

DR. MICHAEL AYODELE BELLO

Dr. Michael Ayodele Bello is an educator and a seasoned Business Development Manager with over two decades of cognate experience

He started his career as an Education Officer in Kwara State Ministry of Education 1984 and as a Lecturer at Federal Polythecnic Ado Ekiti 1988.

Dr. Bello joined Lever brothers (now Unilever Plc) in 1994 as an Assistant Manager, Human Resources and became a Sales Training and Development Manager in 1998. He rose through the ranks and file to become the Regional Customer Development Manager in 2007 a position he occupied till 30th April 2010 when he retired.

Dr Bello won many laurels and awards during his career with Lever brothers and also attended many trainings and workshop both at home and abroad. He is an alumni of Ahmadu Bello University Zaria where he obtained his Bsc., Msc. and Phd. degrees in 1983, 2001 and 2009 respectively.