Abiola Adediran

Partner at Genea Family Office

Interviewee

Abiola Adediran is a Family Business Advisor and one of Nigeria’s finest corporate finance and business strategy experts with nearly 2 decades of work experience that cuts across investment banking, consulting, private equity, wealth and family office management.

She was the Group Chief Financial Officer of Coronation Group, a leading investment management group in Africa. She was very instrumental to the set up and running of Tengen Family Office (a Single-Family Office) which served the interests of the families represented. She was involved in developing business strategy for existing and new businesses, corporate finance and funding strategy, investment due diligence, driving value creation for the ecosystem and engaging with the families in managing their affairs.

Prior to that, she was a Manager at KPMG Professional Services, a leading (Big 4) global consulting firm, where she delivered remarkable results to all her clients and promoted the image of the Firm.

She is currently a Partner at Genea Family Office, an independent boutique multi-family office delivering innovative wealth management and family advisory services to ultra-high networth individuals and family businesses to preserve their wealth and legacy.

Abiola Adediran is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria, a certified Management Consultant, a PRINCE2-certified Project Manager from APMG International, UK and she holds an MBA with specialism in Finance from Edinburgh Business School, Heriot-Watt University, Scotland.

Abiola currently sits on the board of growing start-ups as well as serves as a mentor to various leading entrepreneurship organisations.

She is a member of the Forbes Business Council where she is collaborating with global leaders and contributing to the development of businesses and economies around the world.