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Posted Sun, Aug 25, 2024 10:34 AM

Timeframe: Wed, Sep 25, 2024 12:00 PM - Wed, Sep 25, 2024 2:00 PM

Corporate and Societal Ethics & Governance

Profile of Alawusa Adewuyi

Alawusa Adewuyi is an accomplished legal practitioner, with over 28 years post call experience, 22 years of which represent hands-on experience in the financial services industry handling a wide spectrum of financial services, legal cum company secretariat related services. As a lawyer with expertise in banking, he has been involved in arranging long-term financing to fund big ticket projects for a number of corporations through the issuance of debt instruments, while also advising on numerous credit creation and remedial activities. Through his corporate banking career, he has managed the legal aspect of a wide array of short-term credit facilities both in local and foreign currencies to fund working capital in the area of trade and project finance. In essence, he has covered the entire spectrum of short and long-term financing blended with in-depth advisory role to management with respect to credit administration.

His professional career commenced with Olawoyin & Olawoyin, Legal Practitioners where he was an Associate. He was part of the team in Olawoyin & Olawoyin when Professor G.A. Olawoyin was admitted into the inner bar in September 1998. His banking career kicked-off with United Bank for Africa Plc. where he functioned as a Legal Officer. Alawusa had an extensive banking experience in Intercontinental Bank Plc (after resigning from UBA), where he functioned as the Deputy Head of Legal, and Company Secretary to various subsidiaries of Intercontinental bank Plc including Intercontinental Properties Limited, Intercontinental Securities and Integrity Press Limited at various times in addition to his core functions. He acted as Acting Company Secretary of the bank before moving to Kakawa Discount House Limited (now FBNQuest Merchant Bank Limited) in 2011. He held the position of the Company Secretary and Head, Legal Services at FBNQuest Merchant Bank Limited for nine years and was the arrowhead in the legal services division during the acquisition of Kakawa Discount House Limited by the First Bank Group and successfully supported the documentation and advisory requirements for the exercise. He joined ARM Holding Company Limited as the Group Company Secretary in May 2020 with added responsibilities for the development of the sustainability practice of the Group.

He has extensive experience in board room management as part of his company secretarial role and has supported several boards with diverse experiences and constitution during his career. Alawusa holds a first degree in Law from the Obafemi Awolowo University, a BL from the Nigeria Law School and LLM from the University of London. He is an Alumni of the Lagos Business School and a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Secretaries and Administrators, United Kingdom and Nigeria.

Alawusa is a very practical leader, mature, temperate, and is married with children.

Current Position: Group Company Secretary, ARM Holding Company Limited