Mr. Olafusika Akinkugbe
About OLAFUSIKA AKINKUGBE
With a first degree in Economics, Mr. Fusi Akinkugbe is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria and a Fellow of the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants of the United Kingdom. A professional with strong leadership abilities and organizational skills, he has worked in the corporate sector in senior management positions. He has been the Treasury Controller of DHL International Nigeria Ltd, and also the pioneer MD/CEO of Chrysalis Ltd., a technology services company owned by Accenture and two financial institutions.
He spent many years in professional practice in his firm Stirling Kirkpatrick & Co. In this capacity he was involved in some important assignments, including being appointed consultant by NNPC-NAPIMS to carry out a transaction review of a Joint Venture bank account operated by Shell Petroleum, and being engaged as an expert witness in a litigated dispute between a client company and one of its bankers.
He has been involved in consulting and training at the highest levels and has organized and facilitated on training programs for various organizations including multinationals and financial institutions. In the public sector, he has conducted training programs at the state and Federal Government levels as well as for government agencies.
He is currently the Managing Director of Stirling Kirkpatrick Services Ltd., a company that provides professional services including training, forensic audits, and consulting services. Assignments completed for different clients include an investigation of assets and investments, a review of policies, processes and procedures manuals, and a five-year forensic audit. He has also been involved in international capacity building for the public sector, and his company has taken four separate delegations comprising very senior members of Lagos State Agencies to the United Kingdom and United States for international programs.
He has been a guest facilitator in Finance at the Lagos Business School, a speaker at professional events, and is an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (UK).
He is also concurrently the Lead Consultant at HYCL Consulting which is focused on Leadership development. He is the recent author of a leadership manual titled: Lead from Where you Are, which is for personal and corporate leadership development. He ran a column in BusinessDay titled Lessons in Leadership and a podcast of the same name.