Henrietta Bankole-Olusina, Adedeji Oguntonade, and Segilola Adeola Appointed as Top Executives by Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors to Drive Financial Inclusion in Nigeria

Henrietta Bankole-Olusina, Adedeji Oguntonade, and Segilola Adeola Appointed as Top Executives by Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors to Drive Financial Inclusion in Nigeria

To support efforts to increase the financial inclusion of vulnerable communities in Nigeria, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors (RPA) has appointed three Nigerians Henrietta Bankole-Olusina, Adedeji Oguntonade, and Segilola Adeola as top executives to drive an enabling regulatory environment for the success of the project.

Founded in 2002, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors (RPA) is a non-profit organization that currently advises on and manages more than $400 million in annual giving by individuals, families, corporations, and major foundations. Continuing the Rockefeller family’s legacy of thoughtful, effective philanthropy, RPA remains at the forefront of philanthropic growth and innovation, with a diverse team led by experienced grantmakers with significant depth of knowledge across the spectrum of issue areas.

Henrietta Bankole-Olusina holds a bachelor’s degree in Biology from the University of Lagos, Nigeria and an MBA from the Maastricht School of Management, The Netherlands. She currently serves as RPA’s Nigeria Programme Director, and is focused on digital financial services for vulnerable populations. In this new role, she will liaise with regulators to strengthen policies and regulations that will drive financial inclusion. Before this appointment, Henrietta has served as the Managing Director at ARM Financial Advisers as well as the group head of corporate transformation and IT at the Asset and Resource Management (ARM) Group where she led key digital transformation initiatives and helped to design, implement, launch and managed ARM’s PayDay product which is Nigeria’s first investment management fintech business to drive active users and revenue streams.

Adedeji Oguntonade assumes the role of Payments Director within the organization and will be working to support a positive regulatory environment for digital financial services and financial inclusion within Nigeria. Specifically, he will work with relevant regulators on pricing, licenses, identification, distribution networks and financial services supply‐side mapping among other initiatives. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Lagos, Nigeria and an MBA from the Federal University of Technology, Nigeria. Prior to this appointment, Adedeji was the divisional head, fintech and innovation at Guaranty Trust Bank and has also served as group head, electronic payments at the same Bank.

Segilola Adeola assumes the role of Financial Inclusion Senior Advisor, working to support Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors (RPA’s) work on various grants in Nigeria and across Africa. Prior to this appointment, Segilola worked as a consultant managing a number of workstreams in Nigeria and across the African continent for RPA. Before that, she was a Manager at Accenture working with Accenture Development Partnerships. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering and Electronics from the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology and an MSc in Mobile and Satellite Communications from the University of Surrey, and an MBA from the University of Warwick in the United Kingdom.

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors (RPA) has grown into one of the world’s largest philanthropic service organizations and has facilitated more than $3.5 billion in grantmaking to nearly 70 countries. RPA serves as a fiscal sponsor for more than 85 projects, providing governance, management, and operational infrastructure to support their charitable purposes.