Adewale holds first degree in Accountancy and Applied Accounting from The Polytechnic Ibadan and Oxford Brooks University, United Kingdom respectively. He has a M.Sc degree in Finance from University of Leicester, United Kingdom. He is a fellow of Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA), Associate of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN), Associate of the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria (CITN), and Certified Information Systems Auditors (CISA).

He is a seasoned Financial Analyst and Accountant with over two decades of banking experience spanning Banking Operations, Internal Control, Internal Audit, Financial Control and Risk Management.

He has attended several local and international trainings, including Strategy Execution Training at Harvard Business School. USA.