Ayo Ishmael Taire
Chief Financial Officer
Ayo Taire is a financial consultant with interest in taxation, auditing, accountancy, financial intermediation and a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountant of Nigeria, and have served in various organizations as Chief financial officer, General Manager Risk and Operations. Ayo is an experienced loan arranger for both offshore and local capital. His working experience spans stints in accounting, finance, oil and gas and leasing, beginning at Deloitte in 1991 where he qualified as a chartered accountant and joined Bouygues Engineering and Construction Company as senior accountant in 1997 and subsequently, Head of supply-Chain management. Between 2014 and 2016, Ayo served in the role of General Manager Finance and Compliance at the UK Group, Achilles Information Ltd; operator of the Nigeria Petroleum Exchange (NIPEX). His role involved ensuring the growth and profitability of the organization in addition to risk and treasury management including accounting Stewardship. Earlier in his career, he served as the Group Financial Controller of the foremost leasing company, C&I leasing Plc, providing strategic financial control with supervision of the treasury, management accounting, and financial / statutory accounts. In this capacity, he successfully coordinated the issuance of a $12m offshore convertible loan stock in addition to raising an 8-billion-naira five-year bond instrument for institutional investors in the Nigeria capital market. The role also includes strengthening controls in the Treasury & finance area, providing various statutory and management reports, improving funding profile and capital efficiency. Ayo holds an M.Sc. in Corporate Governance from Leeds Metropolitan University, UK and a post graduate diploma in Management information system from the University of Ibadan. Ayo is a Certified Risk and Compliance professional. He is an alumnus of the Lagos Business School.