Our Directors

Mr. Yinka Adeola holds a degree in Economics from the University of Ibadan and an M.Sc. degree in Economics from the University of Jos. He has also benefited from extensive exposure to a range of professional training programs including those on Health Systems Funds and SME projects by the World Bank; an Executive Internship at American Express Bank; Competition and Strategy programme at Harvard Business School and the AVIRA programme at INSEAD. Yinka Adeola has to his credit over 25 years’ experience in Investment, Commercial and Mortgage Banking. 
He was the Managing Director/CEO of the following banks:

• Pacific Bank Limited (now Unity Bank of Nigeria PLC):    1997-2002 
• Trust Bank of Africa Limited (now Sterling Bank PLC):     2003-2005

Mr. Yinka Adeola was a Director of Sterling Bank PLC from 2006 to 2016. He is currently a Director of SAMTL and Whyde & Company Limited and was also the MD/CEO of Safetrust Mortgage Bank Limited for about 10 years until his retirement in 2016.

Mr. Adesanya is an alumnus of Lagos Business School, Harvard Business School, UCLA (Creativity and Innovation), Stanford Business School and Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He served as Executive Director, Corporate Banking at Sterling Bank PLC until his retirement from the bank in 2017.

He obtained B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Economics, both from the University of Lagos, Nigeria. His banking career spanned over 28 years and saw him serve in various senior management capacities at NBM Bank Limited (formerly Nigbel Merchant Bank Limited) during the 1990s, rising to become Executive Director in 2004, and subsequently Managing Director/CEO in 2005.

Mr. Sammy Dalmeida graduated from the University of Lagos with B.Sc. (Hons) Insurance and holds an MBA from the Business School, Netherlands. He is also a Chartered Insurance Broker, being an Associate of the Chartered Insurance Institute (ACII) of the United Kingdom and also holds an M.Sc. in Global Finance from the City, University of London.

He worked with Foresight Insurance Brokers, SCIB Nigeria & Co. (Insurance Brokers), and Colximate Insurance Brokers before he joined DBLS Insurance Brokers (then a subsidiary of Diamond Bank PLC) in 1998 as pioneer Head, Client Services.

He joined NAL Merchant Bank PLC as Insurance Manager in March 2000 to set up the Bank's Insurance Agency. He subsequently set up NAL Insurance Brokers Limited (now SBG Insurance Brokers Limited) in May 2001. He is a Fellow, Nigerian Institute of Management; Fellow, Nigerian Council of Registered Insurance Brokers; and a Fellow, Institute of Directors, Nigeria. He is also an Alumnus of the Owner Manager and Chief Executive Programmes of the Lagos Business School and has attended several Executive Management courses, locally and internationally.

He is also a member of the Advisory Board of AEC Legal and a Non-Executive Director on the Board of Heckerbella Limited.