Folashade Omoniyi

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Folashade Omoniyi
Executive Chairman of the
AbdulRahman AbdulRasaq
Personal details
Born (1968-03-26) March 26, 1968 (age 56)
Kano, Nigeria
SpouseBiodun Omoniyi
EducationSt Clare's Girls Grammar School
University of Ilorin
Obafemi Awolowo University
Occupationbusiness woman, public servant
Websitewww.shadeomoniyi.com

Folashade Omoniyi, also known as Shade Omoniyi (born March 26, 1968), is a businesswoman and the executive chair of the Kwara State Internal Revenue Service.[1] She was previously MD/CEO of FBN Mortgages Limited, a subsidiary of First Bank of Nigeria.[2]

Early life and education

Folashade was born in

Stanford Business School and Lagos Business School
.

Career

Folashade started her career as an engineer in the IT industry from 1990 to 1997 before she joined African International Bank where she was the Head IT & Systems Administration. In 2001 she joined the First Bank of Nigeria where she started as the Head Networks & Communication Management and then branched out of IT into business development. She rose from Assistant general manager to Deputy general manager spanning several roles from business development to retail marketing, public sector and then branch banking services.

Upon reaching the peak of her banking career she was appointed as the managing director/CEO of First Bank of Nigeria subsidiary FBN Mortgages Limited in 2016 after fifteen years with the bank. She held this position for three years and then left to continue consulting in IT and communications.

On October 1, 2019, she was appointed as the Executive Chairman of the

AbdulRahman AbdulRasaq in a cabinet with over 50% women.[3]

Folashade is a member of the National Institute of Marketing (NIM) of Nigeria, the

Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer
certified.

Personal life

Folashade Omoniyi is married to Biodun Omoniyi with children.

References

  1. ^ Agencies (September 17, 2019). "Four other women make Kwara's first cabinet list". TODAY. Retrieved February 7, 2020.
  2. ^ "Shade Omoniyi – Kwara State Internal Revenue Service". Retrieved February 7, 2020.
  3. ^ "How Abdulrazaq shocked Kwara political bookmakers with 'strange' all female first batch cabinet". Vanguard News. September 21, 2019. Retrieved February 7, 2020.