Paul Okunaniya was appointed as an independent director in December 2019. He has over 18 years’ experience in the Financial Services sector with a deep understanding of Commercial Banking, Corporate Banking, Treasury, Credit and Private Equity.
Paul is currently the Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer of Platform Capital and sits on the board of a number of companies in Nigeria, Ghana and Uganda including Psaltry International, Rusomo Capital, Summoyo (an Australian renewable energy company) and Ingressive Capital. Prior to this, he was a Senior Investment Manager with Africinvest covering investments in sub-Saharan Africa largely in Nigeria and Ghana.
His previous roles included Director of Corporate Finance at First Capital Trust Limited and several roles in the service of Access Bank, United Bank for Africa and Zenith Bank.
Paul holds a B.Sc. degree in Accounting and an MBA degree both from the Lagos State University. He is a fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA), United Kingdom, a member of the Chartered Institute of Securities and Investments (CISI), United Kingdom and a member of the Chartered Institute of Management. He is also an alumnus of the Lagos Business School.
