Skills

  • Administration
  • Banking
  • Business Development
  • Finance
  • Management
  • Marketing
  • Office management
  • Product management
  • Sales

Experience

akeem alao

Work experience
  • Executive in charge of review and approval of Investment opportunities, principles and regulatory legislation.
  • Primarily responsible for handling the company's investment portfolio.
  • In charge of planning and implementation of effective investment strategies as well as monitoring of the company's investments.
  • Establishing effective and well-organized investment processes.
  • Write clear and well-informed investment recommendations based on thorough research and analysis.
  • Organize regular investment reports and reviews, including quantitative and qualitative portfolio studies.
  • Analysing company’s past investment decisions and suggesting improvements
  • Reviewing the company’s financial statements

akeem alao

Work experience
  • Chief executive in charge of the supervision and running of the subsidiary under the Hartfield Group
  • Key decision maker and driver of business development, client acquisition, assets under management (AUM) and business innovation for the company
  • Collaborate with the Group CEO in setting and driving organizational vision, operational strategy, and hiring needs.
  • Translate strategy into actionable goals for performance and growth helping to implement organization-wide goal setting, performance management, and annual operating planning.
  • Oversee subsidiary operations and employee productivity, building a highly inclusive culture ensuring team members thrive and organizational outcomes are met.
  • Manages and directs the company toward its primary goals and objectives.
  • Oversees employment decisions at the executive level of the company.
  • Leads a team of executives to consider major decisions including acquisitions, mergers, joint ventures, or large-scale expansion.

akeem alao

Work experience
  • September, 2021 - December, 2021
  • Fulltime
  • Have primary responsibility for the company’s business development, client acquisition and assets under management (AUM) growth
  • See that the day-to-day activities and affairs of the company are appropriately managed;
  • Formulate policies and propose actions that lead to the creation of value for all stakeholders of the company;
  • Develop and recommend to the Board annual business plans, capital and operating plans, and budgets that support the company’s long-term plan and strategies;
  • Oversee the company’s achievement and maintenance of satisfactory competitive position within the asset management sub-industry;
  • Chief executive in charge of the various affiliates and subsidiaries under the Gecencyi group; including Mute Swan Credit, a microlending company
  • Take steps to build an effective management team below the level of the CEO, and oversee the company’s active plan for management’s development and succession;
  • Devising strategies for driving asset growth across the business which will supplement interest and non-interest income potential of the group.

akeem alao

Work experience
  • Supervisor/head of the credit marketing department of the institution.
  • Regional executive in charge of the Transkredit Subsidiary
  • Devising strategies for driving asset growth across the business.
  • Grow the existing risk asset portfolio in line with the company’s strategy
  • Identify, develop and cultivate relationships with customers within the retail and MSME segment that are in need of loans and advances to support their business
  • Manage existing clients' portfolio as well as develop new business opportunities by generating risk assets within the MSME and retail market
  • Leverage the company's existing relationship by developing and executing proactive, creative and on-going contact initiatives
  • Prepare sales pitches, presentations and other documents required for clients engagements

akeem alao

Work experience
  • April, 2019 - September, 2020
  • Fulltime
  • Overseeing the day to day management of the business development team.
  • Devising strategies for driving sales growth across the business.
  • Analysing existing approaches to the development of business and making changes where appropriate.
  • Setting targets for new business development for the business development managers and executives.
  • Interviewing and hiring new members of the business development team.
  • Implementing new business initiatives across the new business and sales teams.
  • Working closely with members of the team to generate new business within large accounts.
  • Identifying sales opportunities as a result of market changes.
  • Setting up meetings with prospective customers to sell the company’s products and services.
  • Implementing sales incentives to drive sales performance within the team.

akeem alao

Work experience
  • Managing all commercial banking relationships in the branch
  • Business development and prospecting along commercial banking lines
  • Forecast and track key account metrics (e.g. quarterly sales results and annual forecasts)
  • Prepare reports on account status
  • Budgets and forecasting
  • Collaborate with sales team to identify and grow opportunities within territory
  • Monitored and maintained financial books, ledgers and statements
  • Negotiate contracts and close agreements to maximize profit
  • Develop trusted advisor relationships with key accounts and customer stakeholderss
  • Ensure the timely and successful delivery of our solutions according to customer needs and objectives
  • Clearly communicate the progress of monthly/quarterly initiatives to internal and external stakeholders
  • Develop new business with existing clients and/or identify areas of improvement to meet sales quotas

akeem alao

Work experience
  • Managed 6 commercial hubs and 15-person team responsible for monthly close process, monthly management reporting and variance analysis; pricing administration, policy and process
  • Identified and drove tactical pricing changes aligned with customer risk profiles resulting in over NGN 50 million in new, incremental revenue annually.
  • Successfully worked with staff in improving knowledge base and skills sets to create efficiencies in overall workload and time management
  • Implemented cross functional team work between finance, operations, and marketing that included group decisions on promotions and additional tasks to improve overall performance and profitability
  • Determined best financial package for clients while maintaining profit margin for the dealership
  • Planned banking business objectives before acquiring necessary financing to meet objectives
  • Determined appropriate structure and pricing through careful evaluation of financial statements and market trends
  • Ensured all relationship officers under my purview complied with banking and banking loan procedures and policies

akeem alao

Work experience
  • Managed a two team business model in Jos and Abuja, supervising branch operations and a balance size of N5bilion along public sector and commercial banking lines.
  • Serve as contact and liaison for business relationship with existing and potential customers.
  • Ensure complete and chronological documentation of all interfaces with customer.
  • Monitor utilization of facilities for efficiency and with the ultimate view to safeguarding the bank’s assets.
  • Participate in setting and achieving volume and income targets as determined by monthly performance review of the bank.
  • Updating customers with information relevant to their businesses.
  • Opening of public sector and commercial banking accounts
  • Attending to all customer related issues
  • Ability to understand complex business environments and uncover customer issues.
  • Process problems, and translate need into business opportunities.
  • Comfortable talking with prospects (internal/external) customers building relationships and monetizing them.
  • Ability to work in a fast paced, changing environment while still providing quality opportunities and driving revenue.

Related persons

Afeni Janet Human Resources
Oduntan Omoyemihead of business development at corebank mfb