3rd December 2019
Eko Hotel and Suites, Lagos

Dayo Obisan

Executive Commissioner – Operations
Securities and Exchange Commission, Nigeria

Dayo Obisan

Biography

Dayo Obisan is the Executive Commissioner in charge of Operations at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Nigeria where he oversees the core technical functions of the Commission covering M&As, issuance of securities, investment management, market development, and the registration of operators in the Nigerian Capital Market, among other key transactional matters.

Prior to his appointment as a Commissioner at the SEC, he was the President of the Fund Managers Association of Nigeria and has held C-suite roles in some of the leading independent Asset Management firms in Nigeria. With about 2 decades of experience as a Fund Manager, Dayo contributed to the launch and operation of several notable transactions in the Nigerian capital market, including the creation of the first publicly-raised fund (unit trust) targeting investment in Nigeria’s entertainment sector, the restructuring of Nigeria’s first $-denominated mutual fund and management of Nigeria’s first gender-specific mutual fund.

Dayo holds an M.Sc. in Business and Financial Economics, is a Fellow of the Institute of Investment Advisers and Portfolio Managers (IAPM) and a Doctoral student at the Swiss School of Business Research.

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