The Bank Directors Association of Nigeria (BDAN) has appointed Dr Oluwayemisi Olorunshola as Chairman of its board of directors, following the retirement of Mustafa Chike-Obi upon the successful completion of his tenure.

Olorunshola currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Wema Bank Plc and brings to the role over 25 years of cumulative experience spanning supply chain management, business leadership and corporate governance.

She has over 15 years’ experience in a multinational organisation and more than a decade of experience as a business manager, with deep expertise across business and production planning, procurement, distribution, import and export operations and logistics services.

She was appointed to the Board of BDAN in January 2023 as a director and has since demonstrated a strong commitment to the association’s mandate of strengthening bank governance and promoting sustainable leadership within Nigeria’s banking sector.

Olorunshola holds a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) degree in Education and Economics from Obafemi Awolowo University, a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Liverpool and a Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) from Walden University.

A passionate advocate for education and sustainable enterprise, she has authored a widely referenced publication on small business sustainability strategies, published in the Journal of Functional Education (FEAcademia) and indexed on ProQuest and Academia.edu. Her work has been cited by several scholars in the field of business sustainability.