Tolulope Adetugbo is a seasoned legal adviser and corporate governance professional with over 18 years of experience. She currently serves as the Company Secretary and Head of Legal at FBNQuest Merchant Bank.
Prior to assuming the role as Company Secretary, she functioned as a Senior Legal Adviser within the FBNQuest Capital Group with the primary responsibility for overseeing the legal aspects of the investment banking and alternative investments businesses. Specifically, she specialized in project & structured financing, debt & equity capital markets, corporate & commercial laws, securities laws, M&As and governance. She also served as the Company Secretary.
In the course of her career, Tolulope served as Legal Counsel, as well as Company Secretary & Legal Adviser at Asset & Resource Management Holding Company Limited and Fountainhead Media Group Limited, respectively. In these roles, she gained extensive knowledge of infrastructure financing, real estate development, media & entertainment as well as managing start up entities.
Tolulope holds a first degree in Law from the University of Lagos, and a postgraduate degree in International Economic Law from the University of Warwick (with Distinction). She is a student member of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators, United Kingdom and has attended several legal and management training courses and seminars both locally and internationally.