Dr Segun Aina

Dr Segun Aina is a global professional banking leader, internationally rated fintech ecosystem builder and respected futurist. With three decades of distinguished banking career in three banks including six-year tenure as Bank Chief Executive Officer, Dr Aina is the inaugural Chairman of Global Banking Education Standards Board (GBEStB), former Chairman of Accion Bank Nigeria, Odua Investment Co Ltd, former Director of First Atlantic Bank Ghana, among other past board positions. He served as 17th President of Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria. He is the founding President and currently Chairman, Board of Trustees of Fintech Association of Nigeria (FINTECHNGR), founding President of the Africa Fintech Network (AFN) , founding member of the Board of Global Fintech Alliance and pioneer Chairman of International Digital Economies Association (IDEA) In these roles, he has championed, coordinated, and led advocacy and initiatives aimed at improving financial and payment systems, banking regulations, financial literacy and innovation in financial services across Africa and globally. As an innovation ecosystem builder, Dr Aina who has been variously described as Africa's Fintech Grandmaster, has incubated a number of successful fintech startups and sits on the Boards of various institutions in Banking, Insurance, Agriculture and Technology sectors. He also serves as a member of the UK- Africa Fintech Investment Group, a UK Govt initiative. Dr Aina's unique contributions to the academic sector includes membership of the pioneer Advancement Board of Obafemi Awolowo University and currently Chairman Advancement Board of Federal University of Technology Akure, co-Chairman National Think Tank on Research for Innovation and Policy (initiative of University of Ibadan Research Foundation of which he is a member) and Member, Osun State University Advancement Board. Dr. Aina is a distinguished alumnus of University of Lagos and University of Ibadan and had executive business education in INSEAD France, Harvard Business School (HBS), IMD Switzerland, and the Lagos Business School (LBS). He is Fellow of London Institute of Banking and Finance, Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria, Charteted nstitute of Directors, Institute of Chartered Arbitrators among others. He holds the Nigeria National honours of Officer of the Order of Federal Republic (OFR) since and has received honorary doctorate degrees from four renowned Universities.