Founded in 2008, Westwood Investment Consultancy Services is a
Lagos-based corporate financial advisory firm focused on Africa.
We are a uniquely blended multi-disciplinary team of professionals,
that bring our individual and collective skillsets, networks, and
experience to assist our clients to achieve their financial goals.
Seun began his professional career with Dewey Ballantine LLP in
1996 upon graduation from King’s College, London with an LL.B.
(Hons) in 1995. He worked in Chapter 11 Corporate Bankruptcy and
Reorganization, focusing on utilities and the energy sector.
Following an opportunity to facilitate the market entry of
US-based telecommunications company, Worldwide Talk Communications
Ltd into Nigeria in 2001, Seun has spent the last 20 years in
Nigeria as an investor, advisor, capital raiser and market entry
facilitator for Foreign Direct Investors across many sectors in
Nigeria and other African markets.
He founded Westwood Investment Consultancy Services Ltd in 2008
and is a Director and Shareholder of Westwood Hotel, Ikoyi, Lagos.
He spent 5 years as Nigeria Country Head for MN Capital Africa
Advisors, a South Africa-based financial advisory firm, before
joining YI Partners Ltd, a Singapore-based advisory firm with an
Asia into Africa thesis in 2017.
Matthew spent over 20 years working for a number of top tier Private Banks, including HSBC and Standard Chartered, advising HNW families and actively involved in property lending, property development, investment advice, foreign exchange, cross border investment, trusts and offshore structures with a particular emphasis on Southern Africa where he travelled regularly. He is a member of the Institute of Financial Services and Chartered Institute of Securities and Investment.
Dele Adesina is an experienced wealth advisor, financier and
investor. He is an alumni of Dulwich College and the London School
of Economics and Political Science (LSE). He qualified as a
Chartered Wealth Manager through the UK’s Chartered Institute for
Securities & Investment (CISI). Dele is a Partner at Westwood
helping facilitate corporate advisory, capital raising and market
entry across Africa.
He is also founder of Hekima International Private Office
www.hekimainternational.com. and is a Partner of Cornerstone
Partners LLP, the UK’s first Angel Investment network for
investing and empowering UK businesses owned by diverse founders.
Prior to this, Dele’s career includes long periods at each of
Coutts & Co, Royal Bank of Canada Private Bank, and Standard
Chartered Private Bank London (spanning 2004 to 2020). Throughout
his career, he has facilitated corporate transactions, real estate
development projects and connected capital with opportunity.
Richard is a finance professional and is an Associate Partner with
Westwood. He also currently heads the Financial Inclusion unit in
Nigeria for Letshego, an African multinational organization,
headquartered and publicly listed in Botswana with a focus on
delivering inclusive finance solutions to underserved populations
across Southern, East and West Africa. He is a member of the
Country Management team for Letshego Microfinance Bank, and is
responsible for driving strategy for portfolio growth and
development of business opportunities for the organization.
Richard is passionate about agricultural/renewable energy and
climate finance, financial inclusion and impact financing to
people that are excluded from the formal financial sector. He has
over 14 years of proven management, business development and
strategic experience working with Micro, Small, and Medium
Enterprises (MSME) and Development Finance Institutions (DFI). He
has managed several financial services and business development
teams in Sub-Saharan Africa ranging from retail banking, SME
relational management, credit risk management, sales and
micro-finance. He is also proficient in leading large
micro-finance operations, strategy, and M&A transactions.
Richard is a fellow of the Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies
program at Harvard Business School, Agribusiness Management
Programme from the Lagos Business School, Pan-Atlantic University,
a certified expert of Renewable Energy and Climate Finance from
Frankfurt School of Business, and holds a Master's in Business
Administration (MBA) in Financial Management. He is a Member,
Chartered Institute of Loan, Risk and Management of Nigeria and
also holds a Micro-Finance Certification from the Chartered
Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN). He has attended several
trainings on Credit Assessment and Financial Appraisal, Credit
Risk Management and Portfolio Development amongst others.
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