Femi Jaiyeola is a C-Level Risk and Compliance Executive with about 25 years’ cross-border experience in the Financial Services Industry, of which over 6 years was at senior level positions at leading International Banks in the UK.

He is currently the Group Chief Conduct & Compliance Officer of Access Bank with responsibility for the adequacy and effectiveness of the Bank’s Conduct & Compliance program in Nigeria and 12 Banking Subsidiaries across Africa.

Prior to joining Access Bank, he held a similar role as the Chief Compliance Officer of Sterling Bank Plc and erstwhile Diamond Bank Plc where he played a critical role in influencing and driving change. Femi has held Senior Management positions in leading international banks such as Barclays Bank and Citigroup in the UK.

Prior to relocating to the UK in 2005, he was the Head of Internal Control and Compliance at Bond Bank and also worked with Arthur Andersen (now KPMG), Citibank Nigeria and United Bank for Africa, Nigeria.

Femi is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN); Member, Board Corporate Finance Faculty of ICAN; Fellow of the Compliance Institute of Nigeria (CIN), Director and Chairman of the Finance Committee of CIN; Honorary Senior Member of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN); Fellow Institute of Credit Administration; Certified Information Systems Auditor; and Member, Human Dignity Sub Committee on the Working Group Project for the Private Sector Implementation of the National Ethics and Integrity Policy 2020.

He has a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting and a Masters’ degree in Finance and Investment from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland.