CHARLES EGBUNONWO

Charles, holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Economics, from Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State. He has over two decades of vast industry wide experience, across the finance, management consulting, audit and investment sector.

Charles has a strong finance and investment background that began with ICON Stockbrokers Limited as Head, of Finance & Accounts. He joined the Trading Desk of Afrinvest (West Africa) Limited in 2005, pioneering the Fixed Income Desk.

Subsequently, he worked with UBA Stockbrokers Limited, a subsidiary of UBA Bank before moving to Securities Africa Financial Limited (SAFL) an internationally acclaimed investment banking firm with a Head office based in Johannesburg South Africa, in 2012/2013, as the Head Trade Execution, where he was responsible to increase the firms market share by boosting foreign portfolio investor relationships. In 2014, Charles was re-engaged by Afrinvest Securities Limited, a spin-off of the Stockbroking arm of Afrinvest (West Africa) Limited, as the Company’s Managing Director. Afterward, he joined Forthright Securities & Investments Limited, where he was charged to reposition the company’s operation and return it to profitability.

Charles is a two-term Council Member of the Association of Securities Dealing Houses of Nigeria (ASHON) and Chairs the Rules Committee. He is also a member of the Financial Literacy Technical Committee of the SEC, among numerous other capital market committees. He is an authorized dealing clerk of the Nigerian Exchange Limited and an Associate of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN), among other things.