NGX Group Names Jumoke Olaniyan Chief Strategy Officer
By Godwin Anyebe
Nigerian Exchange Group Plc (NGX Group) has appointed Ms Jumoke Olaniyan as Group Chief Strategy Officer, reinforcing its executive bench as it accelerates strategic growth, digital transformation, and product expansion across Nigeria’s capital market ecosystem.
The appointment comes as the Group intensifies efforts to deepen liquidity, broaden investor participation, and strengthen its integrated market infrastructure model in a rapidly evolving financial landscape.
In her new role, Olaniyan will oversee enterprise-wide strategy formulation and execution across NGX Group, aligning cross-functional initiatives with the organisation’s ambition to expand product offerings, stimulate market development and enhance long-term stakeholder value. The position is considered pivotal to improving organisational effectiveness and delivering disciplined strategy implementation.
Before joining NGX Group, Olaniyan held senior leadership roles at FMDQ Group Plc and FDHL Group, where she played significant roles in business development, market expansion, and innovation across the fixed income, currencies, and derivatives segments.
With over 20 years of experience spanning financial markets, consulting, strategy, and banking, she brings expertise in market structure optimization, enterprise transformation, and stakeholder engagement, capabilities viewed as critical to NGX Group’s next growth phase.
Olaniyan holds a degree in accounting and an MBA from INSEAD Business School. Industry stakeholders say her track record in expanding market participation and strengthening transparency aligns with the group’s strategic priorities.
Her appointment underscores NGX Group’s focus on sustainable value creation, governance discipline, and institutional resilience. It also signals the group’s continued commitment to inclusive leadership, reinforcing broader representation at the executive level as Nigeria’s capital markets undergo a structural transformation.
