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Mr Bayo Adeleke is a highly accomplished executive with over three decades of extensive experience in the banking and financial services industry. His career has been characterised by high-impact leadership roles in multinational corporate environments, primarily focusing on the Nigerian market. Bayo’s expertise encompasses corporate, commercial, and investmentbanking, fund management, and business development, as well as guiding startup and turnaround ventures. He is currently the Managing Director and CEO of Opticom Finance Limited, where he directs the company’s strategic vision and oversees its operational leadership.
Before his current role, Bayo was the Executive Vice President of Institutional Banking at First Bank of Nigeria Plc. In this capacity, he managed prominent corporate relationships across
multiple sectors, supervised the bank’s international representative offices and led significant institutional investments. Under his leadership, his division handled loans and advances worth ₦450 billion and liabilities totalling ₦210 billion. Bayo’s strategic foresight was pivotal in the establishment and growth of the investment banking subsidiary of FirstBank Group, FBN Capital Limited, where he oversaw major equity and debt offerings, mutual funds, and private equity funds.
Bayo is also recognised for his success in executing turnaround strategies, notably at FBN Merchant Bankers Limited. There, he transformed the bank from a loss-making institution to a profitable one and led its merger with FirstBank. He is widely respected for his integrity, broad industry knowledge, and unwavering commitment to driving revenue, market share, and overall business growth.
Bayo holds an MBA in International Business Management from Thunderbird School of Global Management in Arizona, USA, and a B.Sc. (Hons) in Political Science from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. He also completed Advanced Management Programmes (AMP) at both Harvard Business School and INSEAD in France. In addition to his executive roles, he serves on several boards, including as Chairman of EPIC Payment Technologies Limited and as a director for companies such as The La Casera Company Limited, Engee PET Manufacturing Company Limited and Casspro Agro Industries Limited.