October 29, (THEWILL) – During the week, President Bola Tinubu approved the appointment of Dr Olasupo Olusi to serve as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Bank of Industry for a term of four years in the first instance. Olusi’s appointment follows the voluntary resignation of the immediate past BoI MD/CEO, Olukayode Pitan.
For many who do not know, beyond Olasupo’s educational and professional qualifications which makes him well able to head BoI, he is the son of Professor S. O. Olusi, a former dean, college of health sciences, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Osun State. His mother, Professor Janet Omolara Olusi, is also an academician. She equally retired from OAU as a professor of economics.
An alumnus of Hull University, United Kingdom with a Master’s degree in International Money, Finance and Investment, with a doctorate in Finance and Economics from Durham University, United Kingdom, Olasupo has served as a World Bank economist and development finance expert over the past 20 years. Between 2011 and 2015, he served as the Economic Adviser to the Coordinating Minister of the Economy and Minister of Finance.
As the MD of BoI, Tinubu has tasked him with the job of ensuring that Nigerians, who are operating all sizes of enterprises across the sectors are given fair and equitable access to much-needed support to bolster employment generation and wealth creation amongst income groups in the country with special regard for lower-and-middle-income enterprise operators.
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