Mr. Tayo Akintan is the Managing Director/Chief Executive. Prior to promoting Imperial, he was the Managing Director of MBC Securities Limited, a leading asset management and stock broking firm. He has over thirty one (34) years’ working experience, thirty one (31) years of which was spent in the Consulting and Financial services industry.
His experience in the banking industry covers investment and corporate banking, stockbroking, investment/financial advisory services, capital restructuring. During this period, he held important positions and led many sensitive assignments in and outside Nigeria. Tayo started his banking career in 1992 when he joined ICON Limited (Merchant Bankers).
He left the bank in 1994 to join Merchant Banking Corporation Nigeria Limited and in 1999 he was seconded to MBC Securities Limited as its first Dealing Clerk. In 2000, he joined Fidelity Bank Plc as the Head of Corporate Finance Group, including overseeing Fidelity Union Securities Limited. He left Fidelity Bank in 2005 as Assistant General Manager/Head, Investment Banking Division. Mr. Akintan is a graduate of The Polytechnic Ibadan where he holds Higher National Diploma in Accountancy. He is also a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountant of Nigeria and Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers. He is an Alumnus of Lagos Business School