Nigeria's contact member

Sanyade Okoli

CEO, Alpha African Advisory Limited

Sanyade Okoli is the Chief Executive Officer of Alpha African Advisory Limited, based in Lagos, Nigeria. She has over 22 years of financial advisory; private equity; corporate, commercial and management finance; and auditing experience. Sanyade has led numerous advisory transactions in areas such as mergers & acquisitions, capital restructuring and strategic advisory.

Sanyade joined the company as one of the founding Directors in 2006 and was a key member of the team that raised and partially executed a US$107m private equity fund. She sits on the board of Dorman Long Engineering Limited, a portfolio company. She holds an MA in Mechanical Engineering from Cambridge University, UK and trained as a Chartered Accountant with Arthur Andersen (UK). Sanyade is also a Fellow of the Aspen Global Leadership Network.