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Sciart

Unique by design.
Our commitment to excellence is evident in every aspect of our business.

For the Underserved

We are driven by a strong sense of purpose to offer solutions that work for a clearly defined target market- individual and corporate. From providing context-relevant advisory services, to offering comprehensive financial and investment options, we are dedicated to delivering results that make a real difference.

For the Underserved

We are driven by a strong sense of purpose to offer solutions that work for a clearly defined target market- individual and corporate. From providing context-relevant advisory services, to offering comprehensive financial and investment options, we are dedicated to delivering results that make a real difference.

Is it science or is it art? It is both. Is it part-science, part-art? No; It is 100% science and 100% art.

We strive to be rigorous and analytical in our thinking, while also being imaginative and expressive in our execution.

Mission

To serve our stakeholders.

Vision

To be the most inclusive and impactful, value-driven financial services brand you know.

Our Values

Our core values shape our corporate actions and identity, playing a crucial role in our success. They guide decision-making, relationships and strategies. They are the threads that hold us together and set us apart.

Fairness

in dealings with our stakeholders.

Integrity

to protect our most important asset- our name.

Teamwork

to foster a sense of community and assure shared meaning.

Our Leadership

We are led by exceptional people with extensive experience, industry knowledge and nuanced understanding of local market dynamics. They guide in making strategic decisions that keep us ahead of the curve and inspire us to greater heights.

Sciartist & Culture

We believe that people thrive in a culture in which participation, inclusion, and innovation are encouraged, where talents can flourish within diverse teams, where opportunities for professional development and advancement abound, and where each person’s contribution is recognized and rewarded.

Our Philosophy

The Sciart way is premised on a ‘Skin in the Game’ mindset through immersion in the customer’s communities and business value chain thereby, enabling visibility, mitigating risk, diffusing cost along the value chain and catalyzing scale.

The Sciart Finance Company prioritizes building relationships. We strive to provide exceptional products and services with a professional approach utilizing advanced technology to improve speed, efficiency and customer satisfaction. Our goal is to consistently generate value for our stakeholders and leave a lasting impact for future generations.

The Sciart Finance Company prioritizes building relationships. We strive to provide exceptional products and services with a professional approach utilizing advanced technology to improve speed, efficiency and customer satisfaction. Our goal is to consistently generate value for our stakeholders and leave a lasting impact for future generations.

Where are you going?

Reflects our mindset of journeying with the customer in achieving not just their short-term goals, but also being a part of their story just as they are a part of ours.

Ready

Set. Grow.

The Sciart Finance Company Limited is a CBN licensed Finance company built for small and medium sized businesses who are currently underserved by the traditional finance sector.

Akinbayo Atere // Data Protection Officer

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The Sciart Finance Company Limited is a CBN licensed Finance company built for small and medium sized businesses who are currently underserved by the traditional finance sector.

Oluremi Ajose-Adeogun

Non-Executive Director

Oluremi has over 2 decades of Banking and Finance experience. She is currently the Executive Director Five Cowries Creek Condominiums Limited a property development company. She was previously a Deputy General Manager with First Bank of Nigeria overseeing their Corporate Banking Services and Conglomerates group. She is skilled in Business Planning, Risk Management, Customer Service, Banking, and Business Development. She is a strong operation professional with a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) focused in Law from Obafemi Awolowo University.

Abiodun Odubola

Independent Non-Executive Director

Biodun has 30 years of commercial banking experience covering relationship management, risk management and audit, His career includes senior roles and leadership positions at blue chip financial institutions including First Bank of Nigeria of Limited, Citbank Nigeria, Citibank NA UK, Ecobank Nigeria and Metropolitan Bank Nigeria. He is the immediate past Chief Risk Officer of First Bank of Nigeria Limited, a role he held until 2016 when he retired as an Executive Director of the Bank. In 2016, Abiodun founded Camrose Nigeria Limited, a consulting firm that provides international firms and institutions with financial advisory services in risk, credit management, debt and equity raising. He earned a BSc. From University of Ibadan and an MBA from the University of Lagos. He currently sits in the board of several institutions including the Letshego Group where he serves as the Chairman of the Group Risk, Social and Ethics Committee.

Agba Eimunjeze

Non-Executive Director

Agba is currently Managing partner at Aarndale Solicitors; a leading full-service Commercial Law firm with a growing portfolio in Corporate and Commercial law particularly corporate finance, FDIs, project advisory, energy law, real estate and a vibrant litigation & dispute resolution practice. Prior to Aarndale Solicitors, he worked at three leading firms. Agba holds an LLB from the Faculty of Law of the University of Ibadan and has been an active member of the Nigeria Bar for over a decade. He is also a member of the International Bar Association.

Opeyemi Aiku

Non-Executive Director

Opeyemi has 16 years’ experience in Investment research, analysis, strategy and management including 9 years at Total E&P CPFA Limited where she currently serves as Head, Fixed Income & Research with Asset under management in excess of N300 Billion. Previously, she served as the Group Executive, Strategy and Research for Greenwich Trust Limited. She holds a BSc. In Economics from Obafemi Awolowo University and an MSc. in Financial Analysis & Fund Management from the University of Exeter Business School, United Kingdom.

Adedapo Olawunmi

Non-Executive Director

He is currently the Managing partner at Defacto Capital & Trade Advisory Limited. Prior to founding Defacto, he had garnered 16 years of experience in the Banking & Finance sector working with StanbicIBTC Bank Plc and FirstBank PLC. Adedapo holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics, Master’s Degree in Business Administration and Executive Certificates in Digital Transformation and Innovation and Entrepreneurship from MIT Sloan School of Management and Stanford University respectively.

Ayoyinka Olajide-Awosedo

Company Secretary

Ayoyinka is a Partner at AARNDALE Solicitors heading the corporate/commercial practice department of the Firm. She represents AARNDALE as company secretary and legal advisor on the Boards of various companies both private and public and regularly advises on the incorporation of companies, regulatory compliance, corporate governance and corporate restructuring. She is a member of the Society for Corporate Governance Nigeria and the National Assembly Business Environment Roundtable (NASSBER) Expert Network working with the Regulations task group. Ayoyinka is a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators UK and the International Bar Association. She has served as the Publicity Secretary for the Capital Markets Solicitors Association and is an active member of the Section on Business Law of the Nigerian Bar Association (“SBL”) serving on the Training Committee and as Membership Secretary. She currently sits on the Council of the SBL as its Treasurer and is the Conference Planning Chair for the 2023 SBL Annual Business Law Conference. She has also written various articles including co-authoring the Nigerian Chapter of “Getting the Deal Through – Mergers and Acquisitions” in 2012 and 2013. Ayoyinka holds a Bachelors degree in Organisational Communication from Pepperdine University, California, USA and a Masters degree in International Commercial Law from Queen Mary University, London, United Kingdom. Prior to joining AARNDALE, Ayoyinka worked at Aelex Legal Practitioners & Arbitrators in the Corporate and Commercial and Banking and Finance departments and at Linklaters LLP in London with the Project Finance and Capital Market teams.

Akinbayo Atere

Managing Director / CEO

Akinbayo has over 16 years of Finance and Business advisory experience including 11 years covering banking operations, retail, commercial and corporate banking with First Bank of Nigeria Limited. He has since held senior leadership positions at Arterius Capital and Cashvance. He earned a BSc. from Babcock University and an M.B.A. from the Lagos Business School at Pan-Atlantic University,

Oluremi Ajose-Adeogun

Non-Executive Director

Oluremi has over 2 decades of Banking and Finance experience. She is currently the Executive Director Five Cowries Creek Condominiums Limited a property development company. She was previously a Deputy General Manager with First Bank of Nigeria overseeing their Corporate Banking Services and Conglomerates group. She is skilled in Business Planning, Risk Management, Customer Service, Banking, and Business Development. She is a strong operation professional with a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) focused in Law from Obafemi Awolowo University.

Abiodun Odubola

Independent Non-Executive Director

Biodun has 30 years of commercial banking experience covering relationship management, risk management and audit, His career includes senior roles and leadership positions at blue chip financial institutions including First Bank of Nigeria of Limited, Citbank Nigeria, Citibank NA UK, Ecobank Nigeria and Metropolitan Bank Nigeria. He is the immediate past Chief Risk Officer of First Bank of Nigeria Limited, a role he held until 2016 when he retired as an Executive Director of the Bank. In 2016, Abiodun founded Camrose Nigeria Limited, a consulting firm that provides international firms and institutions with financial advisory services in risk, credit management, debt and equity raising. He earned a BSc. From University of Ibadan and an MBA from the University of Lagos. He currently sits in the board of several institutions including the Letshego Group where he serves as the Chairman of the Group Risk, Social and Ethics Committee.

Agba Eimunjeze

Non-Executive Director

Agba is currently Managing partner at Aarndale Solicitors; a leading full-service Commercial Law firm with a growing portfolio in Corporate and Commercial law particularly corporate finance, FDIs, project advisory, energy law, real estate and a vibrant litigation & dispute resolution practice. Prior to Aarndale Solicitors, he worked at three leading firms. Agba holds an LLB from the Faculty of Law of the University of Ibadan and has been an active member of the Nigeria Bar for over a decade. He is also a member of the International Bar Association.

Opeyemi Aiku

Non-Executive Director

Opeyemi has 16 years’ experience in Investment research, analysis, strategy and management including 9 years at Total E&P CPFA Limited where she currently serves as Head, Fixed Income & Research with Asset under management in excess of N300 Billion. Previously, she served as the Group Executive, Strategy and Research for Greenwich Trust Limited. She holds a BSc. In Economics from Obafemi Awolowo University and an MSc. in Financial Analysis & Fund Management from the University of Exeter Business School, United Kingdom.

Adedapo Olawunmi

Non-Executive Director

He is currently the Managing partner at Defacto Capital & Trade Advisory Limited. Prior to founding Defacto, he had garnered 16 years of experience in the Banking & Finance sector working with StanbicIBTC Bank Plc and FirstBank PLC. Adedapo holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics, Master’s Degree in Business Administration and Executive Certificates in Digital Transformation and Innovation and Entrepreneurship from MIT Sloan School of Management and Stanford University respectively.

Ayoyinka Olajide-Awosedo

Company Secretary

Ayoyinka is a Partner at AARNDALE Solicitors heading the corporate/commercial practice department of the Firm. She represents AARNDALE as company secretary and legal advisor on the Boards of various companies both private and public and regularly advises on the incorporation of companies, regulatory compliance, corporate governance and corporate restructuring. She is a member of the Society for Corporate Governance Nigeria and the National Assembly Business Environment Roundtable (NASSBER) Expert Network working with the Regulations task group. Ayoyinka is a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators UK and the International Bar Association. She has served as the Publicity Secretary for the Capital Markets Solicitors Association and is an active member of the Section on Business Law of the Nigerian Bar Association (“SBL”) serving on the Training Committee and as Membership Secretary. She currently sits on the Council of the SBL as its Treasurer and is the Conference Planning Chair for the 2023 SBL Annual Business Law Conference. She has also written various articles including co-authoring the Nigerian Chapter of “Getting the Deal Through – Mergers and Acquisitions” in 2012 and 2013. Ayoyinka holds a Bachelors degree in Organisational Communication from Pepperdine University, California, USA and a Masters degree in International Commercial Law from Queen Mary University, London, United Kingdom. Prior to joining AARNDALE, Ayoyinka worked at Aelex Legal Practitioners & Arbitrators in the Corporate and Commercial and Banking and Finance departments and at Linklaters LLP in London with the Project Finance and Capital Market teams.

Akinbayo Atere

Managing Director / CEO

Akinbayo has over 16 years of Finance and Business advisory experience including 11 years covering banking operations, retail, commercial and corporate banking with First Bank of Nigeria Limited. He has since held senior leadership positions at Arterius Capital and Cashvance. He earned a BSc. from Babcock University and an M.B.A. from the Lagos Business School at Pan-Atlantic University.

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