Chartered Risk Management Institute of Nigeria

Prof. Oseni holds B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Accounting from the University of Ilorin, Nigeria and a Ph.D. in Business and Applied Economics from Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Nigeria. He is an alumnus of the prestigious Lagos Business School, Imperial College Business School, London, Galilee International Management Institute, Israel and Queens University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. He led the restructuring of risk management function at the Bank of Industry (BOI) after successfully establishing the Internal Control and Audit Division, making the Bank global best practice compliant in every aspect of risk management including ESG risks. His efforts contributed significantly to the Bank’s first ratings of A- by Augusto in 2014 and later to tripple A by Agusto & Co, and Fitch and Moodys in the subsequent years. He was the MD/ CEO of the National Economic Reconstruction Fund (NERFUND) from July, 2016 to December, 2017 on secondment from BOI, the job he combined with his roles in BOI, and earned a letter of commendation from the FGN through Federal Ministry of Finance. Ezekiel is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria, Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers and Chartered Risk Management Institute of Nigeria. He is a certified information system auditor. He is the immediate past President and Chairman of Council of the Chartered Risk Management Institute of Nigeria. He is an accomplished academic with teaching and research experience from several universities, including the University of Ilorin and Obafemi Awolowo University where he worked full-time, University of Lagos and Babcock University. He has several publications in respected academic journals across the globe. He is a professor of accounting and finance at Babcock University Business School. He had served on the Board of several companies. He is a member of the Debt Capital Markets Development Project (DCMD Project) Infrastructure Finance Sub-Committee of FMDQ. He is the author of the book Risk Management for MSMEs.