STEPHEN OLALERE

Stephen Olalere is an experienced banker with over seventeen (17) years? experience in banking. He joined Accion MfB in 2011 as Head of Audit and currently oversees Compliance & Audit Assurance functions in the bank. Prior to moving into this role, Stephen supervised the Operations Group in Accion MfB for a period of four (4) years. He was overseeing management of the bank?s Savings portfolio, Branch Operations, E-banking Operations, Centralised Loan Processing Operations, Procurement Services as well as Admin & Facilities Support Services in Nigeria.

Previously, Stephen had worked in Control functions roles while in Oceanic Bank (now Ecobank) during his five (5) years stay in the bank. He also managed Operations and Audit responsibilities while in Eagle Bank Limited.Stephen Olalere is versed in bank compliance, controls, risk management and audit. He has attended several courses both locally and internationally including a programme at the prestigious Harvard Business School in the US and exposure training at BanCompartir (Fin America) in Bogota, Colombia. Stephen is a Fellow of ICAN and holds an MBA in Finance.