Mr. Odubiyi started his banking career with the Nigeria unit of Citibank as an Operations & Technology Generalist serving across all its Operations and Technology functions and was thereafter enrolled in its Management Associate program undertaking stints across all key units of the Bank. He left Citibank to join the turnaround team of the then Trust Bank of Africa as Head of Operations & Technology. Upon the consolidation of Trust Bank into Sterling Bank Plc, Yemi served as pioneer Group Head, Trade Services. He was mandated to build the Structured Finance Group and also assumed oversight for corporate strategy serving as Chief Strategy Officer. Mr. Yemi Odubiyi served as the Executive Director, Corporate and Investment Banking at Sterling Bank Ltd.

Mr. Yemi Odubiyi holds a Bachelor’s degree in Estate Management and a Master’s in International Law from the University of Lagos. He has undertaken senior management/executive education programs in Risk Management, Finance, and General Management at leading international educational institutions including the London and Harvard Business Schools.