Our Directors
Olufunke Iyabo Osibodu (Chairman)
Mrs Funke Osibodu studied Economics at the University of Ife and is also an Alumnus of the prestigious Harvard Business School.
She currently heads the Financial & Investment services arm of Vigeo Holding Ltd, a conglomerate involved in various sectors of the Nigerian economy, where she is also serving as a Director.
With over 27 years of banking experience, she has been the Managing Director of two banks, MBC, and more recently Ecobank Nigeria Plc, before becoming a Director in the parent holding company of Ecobank, Ecobank Transnational Incorporated, a position she left in August 2006.
In addition to an excellent banking career, Mrs. Osibodu has held various positions of prominence in the business community and has served in various government appointed committees. As well being a member Vision 2010, she has been a director of ValuCard, Nigeria Interbank Settlement System (NIBSS), Consolidated Discount House Limited, First Securities Discount House Limited, MBC Securities Limited, and ESL Securities Limited.
A recipient of various awards, in the non-financial realm she is also a director in Nigeria Economic Summit Group, Enterprises for Development International, a Non-Governmental Organisation, and the Centre for Law & Business – a private law university.
Folusho Olajide Phillips
Foluso Phillips is a Chartered Management Accountant of the U.K. and a Chartered Accountant of Nigeria with a degree in Industrial Economics from the University of Wales’ Institute of Science & Technology, Cardiff, Wales.
Mr. Phillips has been engaged in the United Kingdom, Nigeria and other parts of West, East and Southern Africa as a financial manager, financial adviser, general manager and organisation development consultant, working in manufacturing and service organisations. He spent 6 years with Coopers & Lybrand International (now PriceWaterhouseCoopers) in the United Kingdom, working on a variety of assignments internationally.
He has also worked with the SCOA Group as the Group General Manager - Finance from 1990-1992. In 1992 he set up Phillips Consulting Limited, a management consulting firm of which he is currently the Chairman/CEO. The firm has offices in Nigeria, South Africa and the United Kingdom.
Mr Phillips is a director of several companies, charities and NGOs in Nigeria. He holds directorships in Nigerian-South African Chamber of Commerce, the Nigeria Economic Summit Group, Special Olympics of Nigeria (SON), African Business Roundtable, and is also a member of the Advisory Board of Africa Investor magazine, an adviser to the African Leadership Academy, and a member of the Institute of Directors in Southern Africa.
Ololade Ogunbambi
An alumnus of the University of Lagos, the Lagos business school, the Whits Business School South Africa (Phillips Consulting) and the Harvard Business School. She has attended several courses on Marketing, Logistics Management, Brand Management, Competitive strategies, Organizational change renewal, Operations and several other developmental courses.
Her experience in the field of Marketing and General Administrative Management has evolved in a unique way in her up to 20 year working experience, 16 of which she spent with Vigeo Limited.
With over 20 years experience in senior capacity with responsibility to oversee others and engender results.
Lola has headed several assignments within the Vigeo Holdings Division starting from the Diary services, Reward and Award service (NOW CMMS) including heading subsidiary companies such as: Global Utilities Management Company, ’The HUB’, Grandview Limited and CITISERVE Ltd.
Victor G. Osibodu (mfr) - Chairman/CEO (VIGEO HOLDINGS LTD)
Victor Gbolade Osibodu has developed a formidable cutting-edge business leadership profile with over twenty-five years of management and leadership experience, eighteen of which have been as Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Vigeo Holdings Limited.
Victor is today highly involved in corporate strategy and business development activities for the various business divisions under the holding company spanning Oil & Gas, Power, Marketing, Hospitality and Investments.
Victor sits on the Boards of several companies including banks, manufacturing, service and non-profit organizations.
He is an alumnus of the Harvard Business School and the Lagos Business School.
In 2000, Victor was decorated with a national merit award of the Member of the Federal Republic by His Excellency, President Olusegun Obasanjo.