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Growing up in a humble family in which subsistence was a challenge, I learned early in life to work hard and be persistent. As I hawked food on the streets of Lagos after classes to subsidize the little my parents could afford, I decided to paint the picture I desired for myself on the canvass of life. Consequently, I worked hard to become the best performing student in my class whilst peddling petty items at night.
Eager to learn about business after high school, I enrolled at one of the best schools in Nigeria to study accounting and consequently earned my Bachelor’s degree from the Ogun State University with a 1st class honors degree (equivalent summa cum laude), graduating in the top of my class. My undergraduate education trained me to be an expert thinker in business and become resourceful, entrepreneurial, visionary and responsive to leadership demands in the community.
Upon graduation from college, I worked as a Corporate Auditor at the Standard Trust Bank Limited in Nigeria where I participated in business process and controls re-engineering and human capital audit for the bank. After a year stint with the bank, I resigned to pursue a Master’s of Accountancy degree at Bowling Green State University, Ohio. Immediately after completing my master’s degree, I passed both the Certified Public Accountants and Certified Management Accountants exams and joined the Assurance and Business Advisory group of the professional services firm of Deloitte & Touche where I provided consulting and reporting services on financial and non-financial information including SEC issues, quarterly reviews and implemented technical standards for clients in the retail, government and not-for-profit industries.
After one and half years at Deloitte, I joined the Financial Services Group at PricewaterhouseCoopers to focus on clients within the financial and investment industry. In this capacity, I led the audits of financial statements including reviews of quarterly...
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