CEO Today Africa Awards

43 www.ceotodaymagazine.com CEO Today Africa Awards 2018 NIGERIA IKE CHIOKE Group Managing Director of Afrinvest West Africa Limited FIRM PROFILE Afrinvest is a leading independent investment banking firm with a focus on West Africa and active in four principal areas: investment banking, securities trading, asset management, and investment research. Afrinvest is both a leading provider of research content on the Nigerian market and a leading adviser to blue chip companies across West Africa on M&A and international capital market transactions. Regulated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) as an Issuing House and Underwriter, Afrinvest provides financial advisory services as well as innovative capital raising solutions to High Net-worth Individuals (“HNIs”), corporations, and governments. The Company is also licensed by the Nigerian SEC, through its subsidiary, Afrinvest Securities Limited (“ASL”), as a broker-dealer and authorized by the Nigerian Stock Exchange as a dealing member. ASL acts as a distribution channel for a variety of investment products and houses the Company’s research franchise. Afrinvest Asset Management Limited (“AAML”) is licensed by the Nigerian SEC as a portfolio manager. AAML delivers world class asset management services to a range of mass affluent and HNI clients. Afrinvest maintains established offices in Lagos, Abuja and Port-Harcourt. Integrity We keep our word and follow through on commitments in executing business with our clients and colleagues. The time and effort we put into every transaction reflects our goal of delivering the best result in a professional manner, matching our behaviours to our words and taking accountability for our actions. Honesty and fairness are the foundations for everything we do and these values guide us in dealing with challenging and unpopular situations. Teamwork We believe in pooling our individual strengths together to help achieve our corporate goals. This helps bring out the best from our combined talents, experiences and knowledge, thereby building strong bonds and partnerships with our colleagues and other stakeholders. Through teamwork we have collectively built an atmosphere of collaboration, mutual support and interest in each other’s success. ABOUT IKE CHIOKE Ike has over 23 years of investment banking experience involving strategic advisory in corporate finance including mergers & acquisitions, project/structured finance and debt/ equity capital markets activities. His industry specializations include the telecommunications, media, financial services and general industrial sectors. His professional experience cuts across renowned financial institutions including Arthur Andersen, Goldman Sachs and Salomon Smith Barney Inc. Ike has contributed to market development in numerous ways including his role as Chairman of the FSS 2020 Capital Markets Committee of the Central Bank of Nigeria and also as a member of the Bond Market Steering Committee of the Federal Debt Management Office. Ike is also the current Chairman of the Enugu State Technical Committee on Privatization and Commercialization. Ike holds a B.Sc. Civil Engineering (First Class Honors) from the University of Ife, Osun State, Nigeria and attended Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar, where he graduated with an M.Phil in Management Studies. He is the National Secretary of the Rhodes Scholarship for West Africa and a member of the Board of American University of Nigeria. www.afrinvest.com