Olaniyi Samuel Akinyemi

Independent

Trainer

Niyi Akinyemi is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (FCA), a Certified Business Development Service Provider (BDSP), a Certified Capital Market Operator (CMO), and a Member of the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria (FRCN).

He is the managing partner and team lead, business advisory, and compliance of N.A. Samuelson Business Consult, an accounting and taxation practice. He is also the managing director of Hans & Danielson Consulting Limited, a business consulting firm in Ikeja, Lagos.

Niyi is a serial entrepreneur and development specialist interested in development finance, monitoring, and evaluation. He was a finance expert on the World Bank Growth and Employment (GEM) project and a trainer and consultant with the Lagos State Employment Trust Fund (LSETF). He teaches finance and taxation at the Enterprise Development Centre (EDC) of Pan-Atlantic University and Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI).

He has several years of professional hands-on experience in business advisory and consulting and is an expert in financial and business management, auditing and compliance, and budget and treasury management. He is a trainer with expertise in curriculum development, and an astute tax and human resource manager. Over the years, he has been exposed to strategic planning and decision-making. He is a turnaround manager with practical experience.

Niyi in the last 20 years has worked in different industries in various capacities, including an international SME-focused NGO (founded and funded by IFC, a member of the World Bank Group), aviation services, pharmaceutical manufacturing company, business consulting, and auditing firm.

He is an accounting graduate and a holder of a postgraduate degree in human resource management, and a master's of business administration (MBA). He is also an alumnus of the Prestigious Lagos Business School, the University of Calabar, and the University of Suffolk, England.