Bright Chinweotuto Anyanwu (President) is an official of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Nigeria, where he has played crucial roles in the recovery of proceeds of crime worth Billions of Naira.

His work experience spans the banking Sector, Research Institution and Law Enforcement. He has attended several local and foreign law enforcement organized trainings including the Citizenship and Leadership Training Centre Shere Hills Jos, EFCC Academy Abuja and the National Crime Agency/Focus Training United Kingdom.

He has great enthusiasm for Cybersecurity, AML/CFT Compliance, Transactions and Sanctions Screening and Tax Investigations.

Bright is an Accountant and a thoroughbred of the Nigerian Defence Academy. He is a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS), Certified Financial Crime Specialist (CFCS), holder of the ANACAPA Science IQ Level 3 Criminal Intelligence Analysis Industry Qualification and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA).

He is also a member of the prestigious World Institute for Nuclear Security (WINS) and International Association of Law Enforcement Intelligencse Analyst (IALEIA).

Olamide Sadiq (Programming Director) is presently the Head of Cyber Crime in one of the EFCC Zonal Command’s Offices.

Olamide is a Certified Fraud Examiner CFE, Certified Anti Money laundering Specialist CAMS, Certified Expert in Cyber Investigation, Certified Cryptocurrency Forensic Investigator and also a Certified Computer Hacking Forensic Investigatior. A true professional with over thirteen years working experience with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commision EFCC predominantly investigating all forms of white-collar crimes. He has conducted joint investigations with El Paso field office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI in 2014, operation wire wire and operation rewired in 2018 and 2019 respectively and received certificates of Commendation from the FBI Director Christopher Wray for his cooperation in the development of mutual efforts against crimes that pose dangers on international scale. He is also an alumni of the International Law Enforcement Academy, Gaborone, Botswana.

Olowofela Ismail Abiru (Co-Programming Director) is a seasoned career public sector professional who has in the past decade earned a reputation as an effective administrator and project manager, working with key stakeholders in government and the private sector to deliver on key revenue and policy initiatives.

He is a Certified Fraud Examiner, and currently works as an Information Systems Auditor with the Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS). He has managed various high profile projects within this critical arm of government and continues to provide strategic leadership on key initiatives to the management and board.

Olowofela’s experience spans leadership of revenue generation, tax audit and fraud examination teams on projects covering mid and large sized corporations in various sectors. He has a reputation for being thorough and delivering on high impact projects.

Olowofela holds an MBA from the Edinburgh Business School, UK. He is also a qualified Project Management Professional from the PMI, USA, a Certified Financial Crime Specialist, a Certified Information Systems auditor and a Chartered Economist.

He brings to the board, deep expertise in administration, project planning, and stakeholder management, combined with an expansive knowledge of policy and the financial regulatory framework in Nigeria.

In his spare time, Olowofela loves photography, and cycling.

Chimdinma Friday Peter (Event Manager) is presently an Assistant Superintendent Officer with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Nigeria where he has played crucial roles in the investigation and recovery of proceeds of crime.

He has attended several trainings bording on Law Enforcement which includes the Citizenship and Leadership Training (Shere Hills, Jos), Financial Intelligence Analysis for Financial Investigators (EFCC, Abuja), Cybercrime Investigation Course (EFCC, Abuja), Peace and Conflict Resolution Course (MOUAU, Abia State), E-Payment Fraud Detection, Prevention & Control (CIBN, Lagos).

Chimdinma is a First-Class graduate of Physics, a scholar of the MTN Foundation Science & Technology Scholarship Scheme and a thoroughbred of the Nigerian Defence Academy. He is a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) with great enthusiasm in Cybercrime Investigation, Asset Recovery, AML/CFT Compliance and Tax Investigation, having received various recommendations from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for participating in several high-profile cases.

Folasade Omowunmi Komolafe (Event Manager) is a Senior Manager with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) Nigeria, where she has played crucial roles in the Internal Control and Compliance department and has received various recommendations.

Folasade holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Marketing, an accomplished Chartered Accountant from the Prestigious Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN). She is a Certified Quality Management System Auditor (ISO 9001) and seasoned Event Planner. Her 15 years of work experience in the Accounting, Auditing, sales, and Marketing industry makes her a polymath. She has attended several local, and foreign training, notable among which is the Company Registry, Cardiff Whales United Kingdom, and Standard Organization of Nigeria capacity building workshop.

She is very passionate about giving back to the community through the Rotary Club of Ikeja/ Alausa Lagos, District 9110, where she is the Chairman Membership. Her interest covers Cybersecurity, Compliance, Event Planning, and Management.

Abiola Ajila (Communications Director) is a double Master’s degree Erasmus+ scholar (Germany & Belgium). He has professional experience in risk management and compliance. He is skilled in deep-dive reviews and use of OSINT for monitoring transactions associated with potential financial crimes. Abiola has obtained relevant knowledge and certifications in Anti-corruption, Cyber security, OSINT, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Countering Terrorist Financing and Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction, Conflict Analysis, Sustainable Finance, and other courses from the UNODC, UNODA, UNDSS, UNITAR, UNDP, USDA, OSCE, ILO, IOM United Nations, UN-ESCAP, Transparency International, CISCO, IBM, AWS, CFI, The Wharton School, Egmont Group and other multinationals.

A pioneer First-Class honors graduate, Abiola is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS), Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), Certified Financial Crime Specialist (CFCS), and a Certified Bitcoin Professional (CBP).

Ogunjobi Olalekan (Communications Director 2) is a detective of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Nigeria, with over 6 years of experience investigating cyber-related fraud and other white-collar crimes.

He is an enthusiast of cybercrime investigation, cyber-laundering, cybersecurity, AML policy analysis, compliance programme, robust and dynamic anti money laundering regime/models.

He has attended various trainings on Strategic Intelligence, Cybersecurity, Cryptocurrency, Cybercrime, OSINT, Money Laundering etc. organized by noble organizations such as INTERPOL, International IP Crime Investigators College, Egmont Centre of FIU Excellence & Leadership, Basel Institute on Governance, and Commonwealth Africa Anti-Corruption Centre (CAACC)

He is a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), Certified Anti Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) and Certified Financial Crime Specialist (CFCS).

Det. Muhammad Mahdi Abubakar (Co-Communications Director) is an Assistant Superintendent (ASE I) with the foremost anti-graft Agency in Nigeria, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission with more than 5 years professional experience.

As a Detective and Investigator in the EFCC, he has participated in the investigation of several high net individuals and organizations (both private and public sectors) involved in Economic Governance Crimes, Money Laundering, Cybercrime, Advance Fee Fraud, Bank Fraud, Counter Terrorism and General Investigation, Procurement Fraud, Investment Scams and others leading to the arrests and prosecution of suspects and the recovery of Billions of Naira as well as in other currencies, real estate and other forms of properties in favor of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, sister agencies (international and local), individuals and organizations.

In the course of his duty, he has worked in the Special Task Force team of the EFCC and participated in investigations in partnership with the FBI, NCA and others, through Mutual Legal Assistance requests that yielded successful operations leading to arrests, recoveries and prosecution of criminals involved in different forms of crimes.

Det. Mahdi is currently acting as the Head of the Lagos Zonal Commander’s office, responsible for coordinating the activities of the zone, being the center of operations and regarded as the country’s busiest anti-graft office.

His experience was derived through self enhancement, trainings and certifications acquired from NCA, UNODC, FBI-NCFTA, AGA-Africa, NPF-ADC, SEC, and others.

Det. Mahdi is a graduate of the University of East London; he also obtained an MSc from the Asia Pacific University, Malaysia.

Oluwakorede Rotimi (Membership Director 1) is a solution-driven Compliance professional focused on maximizing regulatory compliance processes, anti-financial crime efforts and optimizing the culture of Compliance.

Having worked with Flutterwave Technology Solutions and Multigate, Oluwakorede continues to contribute to product compliance efforts, enterprise risk management, and policy implementation in various capacities within the financial services industry.

She is highly enthused in corporate governance and ethics in the workplace.

She is a certified Financial Crimes Compliance Specialist (CFCS), Fraud Examiner (CFE), Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS), AML Fintech Associate (CAFCA), Cryptocurrency Investigator (CCI) and Governance, Risk and Compliance Professional (GRCP).

Adesola Yewande Okafor (Membership Director 2) is currently an Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Analyst Lead for Chipper Cash, a venture-capital-backed FINTECH company that builds software to enable free and instant Peer-to-peer Cross-border payments in Africa and Europe.

Adesola oversees a multi-cultural team and consolidates the outcome of diverse complex transaction monitoring, fraud investigations and sanction compliance. She is also a Subject Matter Expert in Cryptocurrency investigations and compliance for Chipper.

Prior to her current role, she was a Compliance Specialist with Palmpay where she assisted in implementing and maintaining AML policies and procedures for the organisation. She also spearheaded the drive in achieving the Mobile Money Operator licence from the Central Bank of Nigeria for the company.

Adesola holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Systems Engineering and an MBA both from the University of Lagos.

She is a member Association of Certified Financial Crimes Specialists(CFCS),a certified ICA Specialist in Financial Crime Risk and New Technology and a certified ISO9001:2015 QMS Lead Auditor.

She is an ardent believer in the fight against financial crimes.