About Us
Board of Directors
Steering Organizational Success with Leadership and Integrity
Strategic Leadership
GTI Group board of directors consist of highly experienced individuals who have excelled in their various fields and bring their wealth of experience to drive the institution.
JACOB ERHABOR
Chairman
Jacob Erhabor is a 1984 graduate of the University of Lagos,Nigeria, from where he obtained B. SC. degree in Insurance. He is a Fellow of both the Chartered Insurance Institute of London and the Chartered Insurance Institute of Nigeria. Erhabor had attended many courses both off-shore and on-shore including Harvard Business School, Stanford Graduate School of Business, Singapore, Swiss Reinsurance Company, Zurich and Lagos Business School inclusive.
Jacob spent close to three decades in the Nigerian Insurance Industry, serving as Chief Executive Officer in two frontline Insurance Companies for five years each, back to back. Whilst in the insurance industry, Mr. Erhabor served on the Governing Council of both the Nigerian Insurance Association and the Chartered Insurance Institute of Nigeria at various times. He is a Co-Founder of Edge Leasing Solutions Limited, where as it’s Executive Vice Chairman, he brings to bear his enormous wealth of experience in visionary Leadership and hands-on management.
- Phone:01-2772481, 01-2772484
- Email:invest@gti.com.ng
ABUBAKAR LAWAL
Group Managing Director/CEO
Abubakar is the Co-founder and Group Managing Director of GTI Group; an Investment Banking firm, with specialities in Public Sector/Corporate Advisory, Restructuring and Finance. Pioneered the delivery of the first Private Trading Floor in Nigeria and Sub-Saharan Africa. He has over the last three decades contributed immensely to the growth and development of investment banking in Nigeria.
The group under his leadership led various landmark transactions, some of which involved Corporate Restructuring and Recapitalization for publicly quoted companies like International Breweries (IB) Plc, Eterna Plc, Wema Bank Plc., Morison Industries Plc and “States / Sub National Accounts” among others.
An alumnus of Harvard Business School, he has a strong financing background, built on international relationships with a local perspective. He is value-focused and quick to see diamonds in the rough.
A Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers of Nigeria (CIS), he serves on the board of Wema Bank Plc and National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) Plc. He is a retired Director of the Nigerian Stock Exchange and was a council member of the Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers of Nigeria(CIS).
An avid golfer, married with children.
- Phone:01-2772481, 01-2772484
- Email:invest@gti.com.ng
OLADAPO SIYANBOLA
Director
Siyanbola is an erudite financial and management consultant with almost four decades of varied post-qualification work experiences in different sectors of the economy. His background experiences cut across Oil & Gas, Banking & Finance, Accountancy, and Media and Logistics Management amongst others.
He is well-grounded in administrative and managerial skills, Siyanbola is also an expert in corporate governance. He is a board member of some major successful companies in Nigeria. As a sound professional and well-bred technocrat, he represents the private sector in the National Addressing Council, headed by the country's Vice President. He is a member and fellow of notable professional bodies in accounting, administration, human resources management and consultancy. He is the immediate National President of ANCO, an umbrella body of courier services practitioners in Nigeria.
He is an entrepreneur with international exposure. He serves as the Group Managing Director/CEO of BOWILL Group. Siyanbola receives various Awards of Excellence from different private and federal government establishments. He is an experienced facilitator and has equally attended various courses locally and internationally. Siyanbola is a great philanthropist with an Economic Empowerment Foundation established in his honor.
- Phone:01-2772481, 01-2772484
- Email:invest@gti.com.ng
AFOLAKE LAWAL
Director
Profile
Afolake Lawal is a co-founder of the GTI Group. She is currently the Managing Partner of Imperial Law Office. She has over 15 years wealth of experience in Investment Banking, Corporate Finance, and Business Strategy. She is a Certified Pension Practioner and an Associate member of the National Institute of Marketing of Nigeria. (NIMN).
Mrs Lawal Afolake has an Upper Second Class (Hons) in Law (LLB) from Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge U.K. She is an alumnus of Obafemi Awolowo University and holds a Masters Degree in International Law and Diplomacy from the University of Lagos. She also obtained a Masters of Science in Corporate Governance and Finance from the Liverpool John Moores University in U.K.
She serves on the Board of International Breweries Plc. and Eterna Plc. (both companies quoted on the Nigeria Stock Exchange). She is currently the chairman of International Breweries Plc, Governance and Remuneration Committee.
- Phone:01-2772481, 01-2772484
- Email:invest@gti.com.ng
ADEBOYE ADEGBEMI
Director
Mr. Adeboye Adegbemi is the Executive Director in charge of Finance and Accounts for the GTI Group. As the Chief Financial Officer for the group, Mr. Adegbemi is directly responsible for providing strategic direction in driving the group’s Financial planning, managing the group’s Assets & Liabilities, making Investment strategies decisions and liquidity management.
Mr. Adegbemi has over 28 years cognate experience in Finance/Banking industry and has worked in various capacities in Accounts, Investment Management and Corporate Finance roles. He joined GTI in 2006 to drive and apply his wealth of experience in structuring the Corporate Finance Unit before assuming his present role. With experience spanning various institutions like Societe Generale Bank and Greenwich Trust Limited, Amalgamated Plastic Industries among others, he has been involved in the setup and development of various finance and investment department across various sectors.
Mr. Adegbemi has served in several boards notably Champion Brewery Plc where he served in the Risk Management Committee and is presently on the board of FSS Micro-Finance Bank where he is serving in the Audit and IT Steering Committee.
He is a Fellow of Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (FCA), and Associate of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (ACIB), Associate of the Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers of Nigeria (ACS) and Associate, The Certified Institute of Pension of Nigeria (ACIP).
A vivid sports lover and highly respected religious leader, he is happily married with children.
- Phone:01-2772481, 01-2772484
- Email:invest@gti.com.ng