Ayo-Bankole is a Strategy & Transformation professional with fifteen years’ of experience that covers leadership roles as the Head of Strategy Groups in the financial markets, insurance, and oil & gas industries. As a Strategy Consultant, he led many strategy projects across sub-Saharan Africa, working for KPMG, PwC, Phillips Consulting, and C2G Consulting. He has provided strategy advice to over 130 companies, governments, and development institutions, including the AfDB, World Bank, ExxonMobil, Chevron, Bristow Group, Actis, Axa, and many other large and SME organizations with transactions value of over $120million. His consulting experience cuts across strategy & execution, change management, process improvement, due diligence, merger & acquisition, etc.Ayo is a serial entrepreneur and founder, an advocate for good governance, and the growth of MSMEs as the key to unlocking Africa’s economic potential. He is the Convener of the Caladium Lagos SME Bootcamp, a platform he co-founded to help enhance the business management skills of MSMEs to reduce their risks of failure and contribute to SDG8. He has supported over 5000 SMEs via the Bootcamp and through Caladium Consulting, a firm he founded to provide MSMEs with access to first-class professional services. Ayo-Bankole also leads the team at Fedhagap, a startup that is leveraging technology tools to provide solutions to the challenges MSMEs have with servicing larger supply chains due to working capital adequacy.Ayo has a certificate in disruptive strategy from Harvard Business school and a master’s degree in political science. He is a thought leader in strategy, economy, MSMEs, governance, and responsible citizenship. His thoughts are regularly featured on global and local media including BBC, Al-Jazeera, DW Germany, South African Business Radio, Spice FM Kenya, Channels, Arise tv, AIT, punch newspapers, etc. He is a recipient and nominee of numerous Awards and he mentors over 60 youths in 9 African countries, USA, Canada, and the United Kingdom. You can connect with him on Twitter via @AyoBankole or Instagram via @AyoBankolee