Mr. Lawani is a financial analyst and currently serves as an executive director at Maynard Partners, a leading Inter dealer brokerage firm. He was the Chief Operating Officer at Parthian Partners Limited. He worked at Kakawa Discount House (now FBN Merchant Bank) as a fixed income trader and as a chief dealer at AXA Mansard Group. He has extensive experience in trading, sales and portfolio management across all asset classes. He successfully led the integration of Penman Pensions into the AXA Mansard group whilst also ensuring competitive return on investment and served as a member of the investment committee for the AXA Mansard Mutual Funds.

Babajide holds a bachelor’s degree in actuarial science from the University of Lagos and a master’s degree in Development Finance from the University of Manchester in the UK.

He presently sits on the Board of the firm as its financial expert and serves on the board of other companies in the financial sector.