Dr. Waheed Olagunju has been the Acting Managing Director/CEO of Bank of Industry Limited at various time and was the Executive Director (SME) of Bank of Industry Limited until his retirement in April 2019. He joined BoI’s precursor institution the Nigerian Industrial Development Bank (NIDB) in 1990 as a Senior Manager and rose to Executive Director (Business Development) in 2012.
Dr. Olagunju bagged his Bachelors and Masters degrees from the University of Lagos in 1981 and 1984 respectively as well a professional certificate in Investment Appraisal and Risk Analysis from the Queens University, Canada in 2013. He acted as Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer of the bank between April 11 and May 16, 2014 and was later reassigned as the Executive Director (Small and Medium Enterprises).
Prior to Olagunju’s appointment as the bank’s director, in 2012, he served as the Company Secretary of NIDB/BOI for 15 years (1997 – 2012) and as General Manager, Strategic Planning and Corporate Communications between 2007 and 2012. In those capacities, he was one of the architects and strong drivers of BoI’s outstanding turnaround and transformation into one of Africa’s best Development Finance Institutions (DFI).
Waheed is an accomplished executive; and as a Manager of men an astute team leader and achiever. He is purpose driven at all times.