Dr. Aku is the Chairman of the Board of Directors at Marathon Asset and Funds Management Limited. He previously served as the Group Head of Strategy at Ecobank Transnational Incorporated and was formerly the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Ecobank Nigeria Limited. His earlier roles include Executive Director at African PLC (now Skye Bank PLC) and Treasurer at Citibank Nigeria Limited. Dr. Aku also served as the Inaugural Group Vice Chairman of the Board of FMDQ Group PLC.

He is the erstwhile President of the Money Market Association of Nigeria (now Financial Markets Dealers Association of Nigeria (FMDA)). He is a member of and represents the FMDA Board of Trustees on the Board of FMDQ Group PLC.

Mr. Alawuba is the Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of United Bank for Africa (UBA) PLC. He has served UBA in several capacities, most recently as Group Deputy Managing Director/CEO, UBA Africa, covering subsidiaries in nineteen (19) African Countries, and formerly as Country CEO for UBA Ghana, and Regional CEO, UBA Anglophone Subsidiaries. He is an Honorary Senior Member of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria, a Fellow of the Nigeria Institute of Management, and a Member of the Institute of Directors, Nigeria. Mr. Alawuba represents Systemically Important Banks on the Board of FMDQ Group PLC.

Mr. Ogbonna is the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Access Bank PLC and has served the bank in various capacities, including Executive Director of the Commercial Banking Division and Group Deputy Managing Director. He is also a Non-Executive Director on the Board of Access Holdings PLC, a Chartered Financial Analyst, Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria, and Member of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria. Mr. Ogbonna represents Systemically Important Banks on the Board of FMDQ Group PLC.

Mrs. Akinsanya is an Independent Non-Executive Director of Learn Africa PLC.

She was formerly the Managing Director of FBC Beverages Company Limited. Prior to that, she served as the Group Treasurer for British American Tobacco Nigeria Limited, which she joined after leaving Citibank Nigeria Limited as an Assistant General Manager. She also worked at the Securities and Exchange Commission, Nigeria.

She is a member of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators, UK, and the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria. Mrs. Akinsanya serves as an Independent Non-Executive Director on the Board of FMDQ Group PLC.

Mrs. Paturel is the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Greenvest Environmental Initiative, Greenvest Capital, and Greenvest Carbon Credit Nigeria Limited, and the Founder of Anahata Consulting Nigeria Limited.

Her career includes senior leadership roles at Zenith Bank PLC, United Bank for Africa PLC, and Standard Trust Bank, where she played a pivotal role in pioneering successful bank mergers, innovating product development, and advancing treasury and risk management operations within Nigeria’s financial services sector.

She serves on the Boards of Lockwood Nigeria Limited and Total Logistics Control Limited and contributes actively to community development as Co-Chair of the Street Child Care Welfare Initiative.

Mrs. Paturel serves as an Independent Non-Executive Director on the Board of FMDQ Group PLC.

Ms. Ugoji is the Group Chief Operating Officer of FMDQ Group PLC. She also serves as a Non-Executive Director on the Boards of FMDQ Securities Exchange Limited, FMDQ Clear Limited, FMDQ Depository Limited, FMDQ Private Markets Limited, and iQx Consult Limited.

Ms. Ugoji has extensive experience in Treasury, Asset Management, Business Development, Marketing Communications, Finance, Project Management and Strategy functions of various organisations including Guaranty Trust Bank Limited, Hermes Investment Managers Limited, United Kingdom, Diamond Bank PLC, and Guinness Nigeria PLC.