NOVAMBL Securities

Chinedu is a top-level finance, banking and capital market professional with several years experience in the banking industry and capital markets.

He worked with UBA, Fidelity Bank and Diamond Bank rising to a General Manager position before assuming the role of MD/CEO of Diamond Mortgages Ltd.

An astute ex banker with decades of cognate experience in commercial and mortgage banking. He is an entrepreneur with solid Capital Markets experience, having served on the Boards of CSCS, Diamond Securities Ltd and To mil Trust Ltd at various times and a one-time authorized dealing clerk of the Nigerian Stock Exchange.

Chinedu has attended several courses locally and internationally

Mr. Ifeanyi Celestine Ohazuru has over 25 years’ experience spanning, research, investment banking and stockbroking.

He was the Managing Director/Chief Executive of Melbrone Capital Limited and Diamond Securities Limited. He is also the Managing Director First Equity Securities Limited.

He holds a Degree in Banking and Finance from the prestigious University of Lagos and an MBA majorly in Marketing from the same University. He is a chartered Stockbroker and a Dealing Clerk of the Nigerian Exchange Group. He is an associate member of the certified pension Institute of Nigeria.

He has attended various courses in leadership, stockbroking, Financial Analysis, marketing and investment management.

Funke Okoya is the Executive Director-Investment Bank of NOVA Merchant Bank where she is responsible for the growth and oversight of the Bank’s subsidiaries comprising Asset Management, Securities Trading, Public Sector Group and Investment Banking. During her time at the Bank, she has been responsible for Business Development for Corporate Banking, Energy Bank, Products/Channels and Digital Banking. She has over 22 years experience covering Corporate and Investment Banking, Commercial Banking, Credit and Risk Management, Operations, Customer Services, Technology, Project Management, Branding, Strategy and Communications.

Prior to joining the Bank, she was the Director, Client Origination and Coverage of Emerging Africa Capital Group and served as the Group Head Corporate Banking at Coronation Merchant Bank. She was a Regional Bank Head, Commercial Banking Group at Access Bank Plc and a pioneer business manager of two branches at the United Bank for Africa Plc. She started her career in Risk Management and Commercial Banking Group at Ecobank Nigeria Plc.

Funke Okoya is a Business Administration graduate of the University of Lagos and holds an MBA from Business School Netherlands. She is an alumnus of INSEAD Business School where she attended its Advanced Corporate Finance Programme. She is a certified Fellow and council member of the Association of Investment Advisers and Portfolio Managers.

Mr. Emmanuel Onokpasa is the Executive Director, Wholesale Bank and Treasury of NOVA Merchant Bank Limited with oversight over Corporate Banking, Commercial Banking including Energy, Power, Telecoms, Products/Channels, Digital Banking, Treasury, Correspondent Banking and Financial Institutions.

He is a seasoned financial services practitioner with about three decades of experience spanning operating multi-currency balance sheets, foreign exchange risk hedges and trading, fixed income securities, structured trade and finance, debt raising, international trade, wholesale banking, business strategy, operations, auditing, and consulting.

Mr. Onokpasa has served as Group Treasurer and Head of Global Financial Institutions & Structured Finance in leading banks including United Bank for Africa and Diamond Bank. He is reputed for his astute professionalism, strong leadership, execution, and innovation.

He holds a bachelor’s degree in Accounting from the University of Benin. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (FCA), Member of the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment UK (MCSI), Fellow of the Institute of Credit Administration, Member of the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria, and Honorary Senior Member of the Chartered Institute of Bankers (HCIB). He is also an alumnus of the Harvard Business School, the Lagos Business School and Member, Institute of Directors UK (MIoD).