Mr. Kayode Falowo

Chairman

Mr. Kayode Falowo, a seasoned Investment Banker, is the promoter of Greenwich Merchant Bank (“GMB”). He founded Greenwich Trust Limited and served as the firm’s Group Managing Director/CEO for 27 years up till his retirement in February 2020. Thereafter he promoted Greenwich Merchant Bank by capitalising and converting the firm’s operation to a bank.

He holds a BSc. (Hons) in Agricultural Engineering from the University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife) Oyo State in 1982 and an MBA (Finance) from the University of Benin.

He was a Council member of the Nigerian Stock Exchange and once served as the Chairman of the Capital Market Committee on Products and Business Development. He currently sits on the Board of the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) Plc., where he is also the Chairman of the Rules Committee.

Kayode Falowo is an active member of numerous professional and industry associations. He is a distinguished Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers, a Fellow of the Association of Investment Advisers and Portfolio Managers, a Fellow of the Association of Pension Funds of Nigeria, and a Fellow of the Certified Pension Institute of Nigeria. He is also a member of the Nigerian Economic Summit Group, the Lagos Chamber of Commerce & Industry, the Institute of Directors (IoD) Nigeria, the Institute of Management Consultants, and the Nigerian Institute of Management.

He has in the recent past served as Chairman of the Association of Issuing Houses of Nigeria (AIHN), a member of the Technical Committee of the National Council on Privatisation, member of the sub-committee on the Extractive Industry of the Bureau of Public Enterprises and a member of the National Bond Steering Committee.

He is the immediate past President and Chairman of Council of the Nigerian-British Chamber of Commerce (NBCC). He is also a Council Member of the Nigerian-Malaysian Business Council.

Mr. Falowo is the Chairman of Greenwich Registrars and Data Solutions Limited, Chairman of Greenwich Trustees Limited and Chairman of Meyer Plc. He sits on the Board of the Olusegun Agagu Foundation, the Board of Trustees of the University College Hospital Foundation Ibadan, and the Ondo State Cancer Foundation.

Mr. Falowo is a Paul Harris Fellow and a major donor of the Rotary International Club. He is also a Member of the Metropolitan Club, Ikeja Golf Club, the Lagos Motorboat Club and the Ikoyi Club, Lagos. He is happily married and blessed with 3 children.