Olufunmi Adepoju 2023 Speaker

Managing Partner

PearlBridge Capital Managers

Biography

“The Managing Partner of PearlMutual Consulting Ltd, Mrs. Funmi Adepoju is a graduate of accounting from the University of Ilorin and qualified as a chartered accountant in 2000. Her work experience spans various sectors including banking, economic and equity research, credit risk management, asset management, and credit ratings. She has worked in reputable organizations including Prudent Bank Plc, Financial Derivatives Company, Agusto and Co, and Chapel Hill Advisory Ltd.

Funmi joined Agusto and Co in 2004 as an analyst and was responsible for writing credit rating reports on companies in the cement and real estate industries. She was also responsible for writing the Insurance Industry report throughout the time she worked in the firm. Other research reports she worked on at various times include the Banking Industry Report, the Nigerian Macroeconomic Overview, Real Estate Industry Report, and Stock Market Report.

Funmi also worked in the product development unit for a while, where she helped develop the funds, the municipal bonds, and the insurance rating, models. She subsequently rose to the position of team lead for the Risk Management Department and Insurance Rating Unit. She was part of the team that worked with the deployment of rating tools for United Bank for Africa (UBA) in 2004 and was the team lead for the implementation of the credit risk management framework in First Bank of Nigeria and Fidelity Bank Plc in 2005 and 2008 respectively. Funmi resumed in Chapel Hill Advisory as the Head of the Research Department in 2008 and she supervised the team that was responsible for writing the daily market report. The team acted mainly as sell-side analysts, thus writing reports to improve the quality of investment services provided by the firm. She resigned from her position in June 2009 to start a consulting business.

Funmi resumed in Chapel Hill Advisory as the Head of the Research Department in 2008 and she supervised the team that was responsible for writing the daily market report. The team acted mainly as sell-side analysts, thus writing reports to improve the quality of investment services provided by the firm. She resigned from her position in June 2009 to start a consulting business. Funmi is currently the Managing Partner of PearlMutual Consulting Ltd; a firm that offers financial advisory/planning, enterprise risk management, and financial training services. PearlMutual also specializes in raising funds/capital for business expansion (both locally and internationally). The firm consults for a wide array of industries in financial strategy and risk management. She is a CFA charter holder, a certified FRM, and a Certified Risk Analyst.”