ALBERT E. OKUMAGBA, IS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD: Mr. Okumagba is also the Group Managing Director/CEO of BGL PLC. Prior to joining the company, Mr. Okumagba was Manager and Head of Mergers and Acquisitions at Centre-Point Merchant Bank Limited. During his career at Centre-Point, Mr. Okumagba managed portfolios in Corporate Banking, Multilateral Agency Credits and traded on the floors of the Nigerian Stock Exchange on behalf of Centre-Point’s stock broking affiliate, Centre-Point Investment Limited.
Mr. Okumagba holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Economics from the University of Ibadan and a Master of Science Degree in Economics specializing in Monetary Economics from the University of Lagos. He is the Chairman, Bond sub-committee of the Capital Markets Committee (“CMC”), member of the Presidential Committee on the Bond Market, Chairman of the Technical and Strategy Sub-committee of the Bond Steering Committee. He was a council member of The Nigerian Stock Exchange from November 2003 to September 2006 and Chairman of the Association of Issuing Houses of Nigeria from 2002 to October 2006. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers.
MR. MOHAN L. LALCHANDANI, an accomplished industrialist and business administrator, is a graduate of Science and Textile from the University of Aligarh, U P and the University of Kanpur, both in India. He has over 25 years of expererience in the Nigerian manufacturing sector and was at one time the Managing Director of Textile Consultants Limited a Lagos based company. Mr. Lalchandani is currently the Managing Director of Ladjor Enterprises Limited, a plastic manufacturing company based in Lagos.
MR. CHIBUNDU N. EDOZIE, IS A DIRECTOR OF BGL PRIVATE EQUITY: Mr. Edozie is also the Group Executive Director, Advisory Services of BGL Plc; overseeing Corporate Finance, Structured Finance and Public Sector Advisory Divisions. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Geology and Mining from the University of Jos and he is an authorized dealing clerk of the Nigerian Stock Exchange and Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers. Prior to joining BGL, he worked for IMB Securities Plc and Fountain Securities Limited.
Mr. Edozie is an alumnus of the New York Institute of Finance, New York and the Lagos Business School. He is also a council member of the Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers as well as Chairman of BGL PE Audit and Risk Management Committee.
MR. HENRY LARAIYETAN, IS A DIRECTOR OF BGL PRIVATE EQUITY: Mr. Laraiyetan is the Group Executive Director, Capital Management of BGL Plc; overseeing Market Making & Underwriting Division as well as BGL Securities Ltd, BGL Asset Management Ltd and BGL Private Equity Ltd. A graduate of Finance and with a Masters degree in Business Administration from University of Lagos. Mr. Laraiyetan has over 18 years of Investment Banking and Asset Management experience.
Mr. Laraiyetan is an alumnus of The New York Institute of Finance, New York, IMD, Larsanne, Switzerland and Lagos Business School. He is an authorized dealing clerk of The Nigerian Stock Exchange and an Associate of The Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers. He is also the Chairman, Strategy and Investment Committee of BGL PE.
DR. CHRIS OMERUO, IS THE MANAGING DIRECTOR/CEO OF BGL PRIVATE EQUITY: Dr Chris Omeruo holds a PhD in Business Administration. His management education includes the Advanced Management Programme of both Lagos Business School, Pan African University and Said Business School, University of Oxford. He has over 18 years experience in investment banking with core competences in buyout and turnaround transactions. Special interests include Life Coaching, Member of the Board of Trustees, Arrows of God Orphanage, Lekki-Ajah, Lagos and Member of the Governing Council, Salem University, Lokoja. Nigeria. Dr Chris Omeruo is also a member of BGL Private Equity’s board.
EGIE AKPATA, Partner/CIO: He has over 10 years of international experience in investment banking, real estate and energy.
Prior to BGL he was Assistant Vice President with the Global Markets Group at Deutsche Bank AG, New York. Prior to joining Deutsche Bank, Egie was a Manager at Bank of Montreal, Toronto, Canada where he worked on several large transactions in the real estate division and later executed several high profile corporate wide risk management mandates. He also developed extensive expertise in the energy sector with Ernst & Young and Enbridge Inc, in Calgary.
Egie holds a BA (Hons) in Accounting and Finance from the Nottingham Trent University, UK and an MSc in Accounting from The University of Saskatchewan, Canada. He is qualified accountant and holds the CPA (Colorado) and ACCA (UK) designations. He is also a member of the Urban Land Institute, Washington DC. Egie is a Partner and Chief Investment Officer.