Mr. Akin-Ajayi, a Banker, Academic and Professional Manager, is the Group Managing Director/Chief Executive of Profund Securities Limited. He obtained a Bachelor and Masters Degree in Business Administration from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria in 1977 and 1979 respectively. He also recently bagged another Masters Degree in Corporate Governance and Finance from Liverpool John Moore University U.K. He was a lecturer in the College of Business and Administrative Studies, Kaduna Polytechnic after which he worked in Texaco Nigeria Limited and Nigeria Merchant Bank Plc. He has spent 17 years in banking 13 out of which he held management positions in Treasury, Credits/Risk Management and Administration, Corporate Finance, Corporate Development, Research and Planning, Internal Control/Audit and fund Management. Under his leadership, Profund Securities Limited has grown to occupy a leadership position in Funds Management and Investments. He has attended various courses both within and outside Nigeria. He is a Fellow of the London Institute of Management Education and Member of the Nigerian Marketing Association and the Nigerian Institute of Director. He is a facilitator of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria. He has won several awards which include the Distinguished Corporate Achievers Gold Awards, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah African Leadership Award, Top 100 Nigerian Professionals, and Achievers' Platinum Awards for Global Excellence.Mr. Akin-Ajayi has attended many training programmes locally and internationally, among which are New York Institute of Finance, Euromoney London Management Centre, London Institute of Education.