At Access Holdings Plc, the parent firm of Access Bank Plc, Access Pensions Ltd, Hydrogen Payment Services firm Ltd, and other companies located locally and globally spanning 22 countries in Africa, Europe, and Asia, Morounke Olufemi holds the position of Group Chief Financial Officer.
Olufemi is a forward-thinking Group CFO who uses cutting-edge techniques and best practices to boost financial effectiveness and promote long-term growth. She is skilled at handling economic uncertainty, adjusting to the always shifting business climate, and seeing new business prospects.
Morounke is a seasoned strategist with a keen eye for numbers and a thorough grasp of the market.
With over 22 years of experience creating and managing sizable cross-functional teams in the UK, India, and West Africa, she is a result-driven business leader. Her accomplishments show that she can reliably provide outcomes across many locations, dispelling misconceptions and serving as a reliable advisor to management and the board.
She oversees the finance and strategy agenda for crucial tasks at Access Holdings Plc, such as raising capital, luring and retaining solid retail and institutional investors, enhancing core operational performance across all business units, and guaranteeing the ecosystem's complete fulfillment of its overall financial objectives.
She explored company growth and operational management throughout her time at Old Mutual West Africa, going beyond simply creating financial teams around the continent. She was a member of the lead team that worked with the Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority to establish the $500 million real estate investment vehicle and the $200 million agriculture investment vehicle in 2016. The main goal of these vehicles was to invest heavily in commercial, retail, and hospitality assets as a means of promoting economic growth throughout Africa in light of the region's increasing population, poverty, and unemployment rates.
Morounke graduated with honors from City University of London with a BSc in Economics and the University of Durham in the United Kingdom with an MBA in Finance. In 2010, she became a Fellow of the Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA). She has pursued professional credentials in leadership from the esteemed Center for Creative Leadership in Switzerland as well as the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom because she is so passionate about the subject.
In addition to her work obligations, Morounke spends a significant amount of her time mentoring and helping up-and-coming young professionals. She also actively contributes to her field by serving on conference panels and giving back to the next generation of leaders.
Morounke exemplifies the core qualities of excellence, empathy, and ethics—elements that are essential in today's financial industry.
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