The Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers (CIS) has conferred Fellowship on the CEO of First Registrars and Investor Services Limited, Dr Bayo Olugbemi. The fellowship is the highest rank for a certified stockbroker.
The President and Chairman of the CIS Governing Council, Oluwole Adeosun in his remark stated thus:
“Dr Olugbemi is an authority in registrar and investor support functions in the capital market. His work career since 1982, has been intertwined between banking and the capital market. He is an undisputable leader in the share registration service.”
“Olugbemi’s impact had been felt in no less than four Registrar service companies in Nigeria, thereby underscoring the importance of the sector to the Nigerian economy. His investiture is not an honorary title but a professional one after he had scaled the Institute’s integrity tests examinations.
A Career Banker of over 41 years, an Investment Management and Capital Market Guru of unparalleled and great repute, Dr. Olugbemi is the Immediate Past President of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN) where he took the institute on the path of greater accelerated achievements during an impactful two-year tenure. He is also the Immediate Past President of the Institute of Capital Market Registrars (ICMR). In the annals and chronicles of the Banking and Finance Industry including the Capital Market sub-sector in Nigeria especially as it concerns the advancements and development of innovative, business and financial master plans and strategies, Dr. Bayo Williams Olugbemi is indeed a formidable force to reckon with.
Dr. Bayo holds a B.Sc. in Accounting from the University of Lagos and a Master’s Degree in Business Administration specializing in International Business Management from the Lagos State University, Ojo, Lagos State. He also holds another Master’s Degree in Corporate Governance and Ethics (M.Sc.) f ro m Le e d s B e c ke t s ( M e t ro p o l i t a n ) University, UK. He is an Alumnus of many prestigious business schools in Nigeria and internationally such as the Harvard Business School (AMP 179), Wharton Business School, Stanford Business School, New York Institute of Finance, and the Lagos Business School (LBS CEPII) amidst other prestigious institutions of learning globally.
Dr. Olugbemi is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN), the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria (CITN), the Institute of Capital Market Registrars (ICMR), the National Institute of Marketing of Nigeria (NIMN), Institute of Directors (IoD Nigeria), Certified Pension Institute of Nigeria (CPIN), the Nigerian Institute of Training & Development (NITAD), the Nigerian Institute of Management (NIMS Chartered) and the Association of Enterprise Risk Management Professionals (AERMP).
As an astute writer, he has authored three books with many more to come. He is also an author of many unpublished but scholarly recognized papers. Dr Bayo W. Olugbemi is a Provincial Pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, a dedicated family man; happily married to Pastor Fadeke Olugbemi and they are blessed with Godly children.