Mrs. Folasade Oluwatoyin Ogunde

Mrs. Folasade Oluwatoyin Ogunde is a non-executive and independent Director of the Company. She holds a Bachelors degree in Economics from the University of Ife, Ile-Ife and a Masters degree in International Development from the University of Birmingham. She is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria and a facility management professional (FMP). Mrs. Ogunde has attended several management programmes at home and abroad including the General Management Program of Ashridge Business School, UK, the Advanced Management Program of Cranfield University, UK, the Real Estate Management Program of Harvard Business School and a Board Effectiveness, Strategy & Corporate Governance Program facilitated by the International Institute for Management Development (IMD), Switzerland.

In her working career spanning over 30 years, Mrs. Ogunde has served in several management and board positions including External Auditor, Consultant Internal Auditor, Management Accountant, Divisional Commercial Director, Group Treasurer and Finance Director. Following her retirement as Finance Director of UACN Property Development Company (UPDC) Plc. in 2016, her daytime job has been as Managing Partner of Innodel Consulting Limited, a financial and real estate management consulting firm.

She also serves as a non-executive Director and Chair of the Audit & Risk Committees of two other corporate boards – the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), India and FSDH Asset Management Limited. She is the Chairperson of the Finance & Risks Management Committee and also a member of the Business Strategy Committee as well as the Governance Committee. Mrs. Ogunde was appointed a Director of R.T. Briscoe on April 10, 2017. She is a member of the Institute of Directors. She was born on November 16, 1962.