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Olayinka David-West is a Professor of Information Systems with almost three decades experience in the IT and financial services industry and is a passionate advocate for digital transformation and inclusive finance. Her research and practice engagements involve policy and strategic management interventions towards digitally transformed businesses and society. Professor David-West is Associate Dean at the Lagos Business School (LBS), the premier business school in Nigeria and sits on the school’s Management Board. She leads the Sustainable and Inclusive Digital Financial Services (SIDFS) initiative, a research and advocacy initiative dedicated to enhancing financial inclusion in Nigeria. Olayinka has expert certifications in financial inclusion policy and digital money, is a governing council member of the Fintech Association of Nigeria and a member of the African Women in Finance and Payments. She is a Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), Certified in the Governance of Enterprise IT (CGEIT), and the academic advocate to the Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA). She is also a qualified practitioner of the Skills Framework for the Information Age (SFIA).

Yetunde Anibaba (Ph.D.) is a management educator and organisational development professional. She teaches Analysis of Business Problems (ABP) and decision-making on full-time and Executive MBA, as well as other senior executive education programmes at Lagos Business School. She has designed and taught on several highly-rated, short-focused seminars and custom executive programmes in the School, including the yearly Problem Solving and Decision Making for Executives and Driving Digital Revolution. Prior to joining LBS, she occupied several positions in the Information Technology sector, with experience in the areas of ICT and Human Resource Management. Yetunde holds a BSc & MSc Degrees in Sociology, MILD as well as a Ph.D. in Management (Organisational Behaviour). She is an alumna of the University of Lagos, LBS, IESE Business School and the Wharton School, and provides advisory services to a number of organisations. She is also a member of the Humanistic Management Network (HuMaNet) and is an ad-hoc reviewer for conferences such as the Academy of Management and the Southern Management Academy.

Henry Onukwuba teaches Human Resource Management, Organisational Behaviour and Management Communication on the regular and executive MBA classes, Owner Manager Programmes, custom programmes and other executive programmes at Lagos Business School. He has held various senior administrative positions at the School as Director of Executive Education, MBA Director and Director of Alumni Relations, prior to joining the full-time faculty team. Before joining Lagos Business School in 2008, Henry was Managing Director of Hebon Consult, a human resource consulting firm, and taught People Management at the Enterprise Development Center (EDC) of the Pan-Atlantic University. He was Group Head, Corporate Resources and Communication at Finacorp Building Society Limited, in charge of the human resource, administration and public relations functions of the mortgage bank from 2000 – 2006. While at Finacorp, Henry was seconded as Chief Executive Officer of Consolidated Business Support Services Limited, CBSSL, the human resource management subsidiary of the then Bank PHB. He was also the National Publicity Secretary of the Mortgage Banking Association of Nigeria (MBAN) from 2004 – 2006. Henry won the Best Graduating Student Prize in Political Science at the University of Jos, Nigeria. He holds an Executive MBA from Lagos Business School and an Advanced Management Programme (AMP) certificate from IESE Business School, Barcelona. He also holds an MSc in Personnel Management and Industrial Relations and a PGD in Mass Communication both from the University of Lagos. He is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management of Nigeria and a Certified Behavioural Consultant.

Dr Tunde Ekpe lectures on the MBA, and Executive Education programmes at Lagos Business School. She is an accredited Executive coach, psychometric profiler and also the Director of Optimentus Ltd based in Oxford, United Kingdom. Her research and teaching interests include Psychometric Profiling, Strategic Human Resource Management, Leadership, Teambuilding, Communication, Organisational Learning and Development, and Assessment and Development centres. For over 30 years, she has consulted in Africa and around the world, delivering services to multinationals in the private sector as well as multilateral organisations such as the United Nations and Africa Capacity Building Fund. Her global consulting work covers executive leadership assessment and development, executive coaching, organisational development and organisational transformation. She has also trained HR managers, coached women for Board positions and run leadership development workshops. She earned her Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Manchester University, a postgraduate diploma in Psychology from the Open University UK, Masters in Organisational Psychology from City University London and her Doctorate with the Work and Organisational department of Aston University. She is a Chartered Psychologist and Associate Fellow registered with the British Psychological Society and a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria. She also holds a Non-Executive Director diploma facilitated by the Financial Times of London.