Titilope Oluwapelumi Babafunso

Titilope Babafunso is a lawyer with six years of post-call experience, specializing in securities market regulation. As an enforcement and compliance officer at the Nigerian Securities and Exchange Commission, she leads a team of law enforcement officers in the prosecution of erring market operators, clamping down on illegal operators, and recovery of investors’ funds. Passionate about promoting reading in public schools in the Oyo state, she raises funds and coordinates the building, renovation, and equipping of libraries in public schools. Titilope Oluwapelumi Babafunso recently completed her master’s degree in International Financial Law at the University of Manchester, having being sponsored by the UK Foreign Commonwealth Office under the Chevening Scholarship scheme. Upon the completion of the Mandela Washington Fellowship, she plans to continue her work in the development of capital market rules as well as in improving the quality and standard of state-funded schools in Oyo through public and private partnership.