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CEO, Cedrus Group Africa/MD, Cedrus Trustees

Olubusayo Adeniyi

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CEO’s MESSAGE

At Cedrus Group Africa, our mission is to build a globally respected, Pan-African financial and investment institution that connects capital with opportunity across Africa and the diaspora. We provide innovative advisory and investment solutions to municipalities, corporations, institutional investors, and private clients, guided by unwavering standards of integrity, transparency, and professional excellence.
We believe Africa stands at the forefront of the next era of global economic growth. Our role is to help unlock this potential by facilitating responsible investments that drive sustainable development while delivering long-term value for our clients and partners.
Our leadership team and Board bring deep industry expertise spanning African and international markets, enabling us to provide insight-driven solutions in an increasingly dynamic financial environment. By combining technology-enabled innovation with a relationship-led advisory approach, we deliver solutions that are both forward-looking and client-centered.
At Cedrus Group Africa, we remain committed to shaping the future of finance on the continent, fostering trusted partnerships, expanding access to capital, and contributing to shared prosperity across Africa.

Olubusayo is a superbly qualified and result-oriented professional with over 27 years’ extensive experience in positions of remarkably increasing responsibilities and duties. He has an impressive track record of successful accomplishments in managing company operations, finances, business development, strategic planning, and high-level relationship management.

He possesses excellent knowledge of the financial market, consistently able to deftly meet and exceed stakeholder goals and expectations.

Prior to his role as Chief Executive Officer of Cedrus Group, he was the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of EAC Trustees, a subsidiary of the Emerging Africa Capital Group. He was pivotal to the commencement of business operations of the group, playing a critical role in building the team from scratch, developing the strategic direction of the business, and supporting the Group CEO for the organization’s enterprise risk management and compliance.
Olubusayo has attained other major milestones across several other roles in reputable financial firms prior to EAC Trustees. He was Director, Trust Services at United Capital Trustees and prior to that Head, South-West Region & Corporates for the same Trust business. Before then, he held positions such as Chief Operating Officer, UBA Trustees/Global Investor Services; Chief Financial Officer, Springboard Trust & Investment Group; as well as Assistant General Manager at Stanbic IBTC Stockbrokers and Stanbic IBTC Asset Management respectively.

Some significant milestones in his career trajectory include several company and group awards for excellence, enterprise, driving growth and profitability, compliance, strategic use of technology and innovation in deal origination and execution.

He holds a first degree in Accounting from Ambrose Alli University and an MBA from Manchester Business School, UK. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN), Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria (CITN), Fellow & Council Member of the Association of Investment Advisors & Portfolio Managers (IAPM), Council Member of the Association of Corporate & Individual Investment Advisors (CIIA), and a Member of the Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers (CIS).

He is also an alumnus of Lagos Business School, Nigeria; Yale School of Management, U.S.A.; and Strathmore Business School, Nairobi, Kenya.