Our Founder

Segun Banwo is a seasoned professional in finance, business strategy, and organizational leadership, with over 30 years’ experience, spanning six different multinationals corporations, and exceptionally diverse roles including Executive Director (for a decade), Chief Financial Officer (over a decade), Financial Controller, General Manager Planning, Audit Manager, Financial Advisor, Business Development Consultant, Auditor, Tax Consultant, and Board-level oversight of business services covering Accounting, Reporting, Controls, Planning, Treasury, Tax, Procurement, Facilities Management, Information Technology, and Audit.

He has a proven track record of helping businesses optimize their financial and operating performance, as well as a passion for helping young professionals and experienced business leaders to hone their capabilities and to lead their organizations better, while maintaining personal and family wellbeing.

Profile Highlights

Academic Qualifications

  • MBA, Harvard Business School, Boston USA
  • BSC Accounting, 1st Class Honors, Valedictorian, University of Lagos (UNILAG), Nigeria

Professional Certifications

  • Fellow, Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN)
  • Fellow, Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria (CITN)

Work History

  • President & CEO W2 LLC (Executive Coaching, Mentoring, Business Advisory), Dallas, USA
  • Executive Director, Mobil Producing Nigeria
  • Chief Financial Officer, Mobil Producing Nigeria
  • Upstream Controller, Mobil Producing Nigeria
  • General Manager, Planning, Mobil Producing Nigeria
  • Audit Manager, Mobil Producing Nigeria
  • Principal Consultant, Landmark (subsidiary of Halliburton), Houston, USA
  • Strategy Consultant, Boston Consulting Group, Dallas USA
  • Cost Controller, Elf Petroleum (now Total Energies) Nigeria
  • Associate Consultant, Arthur Andersen & Co (now KPMG) Nigeria

Board Positions / Other Leadership Roles

  • Executive Director, ExxonMobil Nigeria Affiliates, 2014 – Retirement 2Q24
  • Chairman, Board of Trustees, Ark of Joy, Dallas, USA
  • Chairman, Board of Trustees, Ark of Joy Foundation, Lagos, Nigeria
  • Chairman, Board of Trustees, The Covenant Child Preschool, Lagos, Nigeria
  • Member, Board of Trustees, Arcadia Grove Estate Residents Association, Lagos, Nigeria
  • Zonal Pastor, RCCG Lagos Province 34, Zone 3, Comprising 15 Parishes