Mr Ola Oyetayo

Ola Oyetayo is the Co-Founder and CEO at Verto. With a robust background in finance, consulting, and entrepreneurship, Ola’s career includes significant roles at American Express, Barclays, and Lloyds Bank.
Ola’s educational journey began in Nigeria, where he completed his early education. He then studied Economics and trained as an Accountant.

Ola was inspired to found Verto by the challenges he observed some of his friends facing when making international business payments. It became apparent that businesses located in emerging markets often encountered difficulties in executing seamless cross-border transactions. Always drawn to solving large-scale problems, Ola gravitated towards addressing this issue, leading to the establishment of Verto with the vision to facilitate smoother global commerce.

Under Ola’s leadership, Verto was awarded the Fintech of the Year 2022 at the London Fintech Awards. Outside of work, Ola enjoys reading and playing golf.