Mr. Ayodeji Akinmade

Mr. Ayodeji Akinmade is the Executive Vice Chairman, Regus in Nigeria. He has held this position since November 2016 when he merged his successful Regus franchise operations with the globally acclaimed leaders in virtual office services. Before November 2016, he had operated his Regus franchise, (Workplace Plus Limited) for over 6 years, rapidly expanding the business across Lagos State, Abuja, Port Harcourt and Accra.

With over 15 years investment experience in West African markets, he manages business interests across Oil & Gas, IT and Financial Advisory services; serving on the board of several other businesses including Blueprint Business Technologies Limited, Doheney Services Limited, Frontier Capital, Mall for Africa, Prudential Investments Limited, Prime Interface (UK) Limited, Saro AgroSciences Limited, and a host of others.

Mr. Ayodeji Akinmade trained with Price Waterhouse, worked in banking in Nigeria in the late eighties, and for a decade, worked in the United Kingdom in Value Management & Audit roles with Milk Marketing Board and later Milk Marque Limited. He was also a Change Management Consultant for over five years, working with companies such as British Airways and Ryder Inc.

He holds a first degree in Economics from the University of Ife, (now Obafemi Awolowo University), Ile-Ife and he completed his MBA program at the Kingston University, London in 1993. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (FCA).

Mr. Ayodeji Akinmade joined the Board of Directors of Savant Integrated Concepts Limited in 2009, and was appointed as Chairman, Board of Directors in November 2018.