Chartered Risk Management Institute of Nigeria

Mrs. Olayimikah Bolo who is the Chief Risk Officer of Chapel Hill Denham, is an accomplished and resourceful professional with over 26 years of experience in strategic risk management, compliance, risk governance (credit, market, operational risks), strategy & policy formulation, and corporate finance advisory. Prior to joining Chapel Hill Denham, Yimikah was the Acting Managing Director/Chief Operations Officer of FMDQ Clear Limited (a subsidiary of FMDQ OTC Securities Exchange Limited). Before then, she was the Head of Risk Governance for Stanbic IBTC Holdings (a subsidiary of Standard Bank, South Africa in Nigeria) and her role included regional responsibility for Standard Bank in Ghana, Angola and DRC. Over the years, she held different roles in Stanbic IBTC Bank such as the Head of Credit Risk Governance, Head of Risk Management, and she was the Chief Risk Officer for Stanbic Bank Limited before the merger with IBTC Chartered Bank. Earlier in her career, she also held various positions at Kakawa Discount House Limited (now FBNQuest Merchant Bank) as the Head of Risk, Manager Corporate Finance and Ag. Head of Credit, and at Access Bank as the Head of Trading Corporates. She started her career as an analyst in the Top-Tier Local Corporates Group in Citibank Nigeria (formerly Nigeria International Bank), where she was drafted into the elite Management Trainee Corp, which identifies and promotes high-potential talents of the Bank. Yimikah holds a Bachelor of Science (BSc.) degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Lagos, Nigeria and an Executive Masters in Business Administration from the Lagos Business School (now Pan- Atlantic University), Nigeria. She sits as a non-Executive Director on the Board of NASD OTC Securities Exchange, the first OTC Market launched in Nigeria, and is the Chairperson of its Audit and Risk Committee (2024); she is a member of the Chartered Risk Management Institute of Nigeria, formerly known as the Risk Management Association of Nigeria (RIMAN) where she occupied the position of the 2nd Vice President in 2015/2016. She is also a member of the Institute of Directors (IoD).