Sanyade Okoli 2021 Speaker

Chief Executive Officer

Alpha African Advisory

Biography

Sanyade Okoli is the Chief Executive Officer of Alpha African Advisory Limited (“Alpha African”, formerly Travant Capital). She has over 25 years of financial advisory; private equity; corporate, commercial and management finance; and auditing experience. Sanyade has led numerous advisory transactions in areas such as mergers & acquisitions, capital restructuring and strategic advisory. Sanyade joined Travant Capital as one of the founding Directors in 2007 and was a key member of the team that raised and partially deployed a US$107m private equity fund. She currently sits on several boards.

Sanyade holds an MA in Mechanical Engineering from Cambridge University, UK and trained as a Chartered Accountant with Arthur Andersen (UK). She is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants England & Wales and is currently the Contact Member of the Institute in Nigeria. Sanyade is also a Fellow of the fifth class of the Africa Leadership Initiative-West Africa and a Fellow of the Aspen Global Leadership Network. She is currently a regular Analyst on Arise TV’s Global Business Report show and recently started an inspirational blog, www.justasiam.ng.