GBADAMOSI SHEFIU KOLAWOLE
Gbadamosi Shefiu Kolawole is the Principal Consultant/ COO of the Lifeline Alternative Finance Limited. He has more than 10 years experience in banking and finance industries. He had worked with the Nigerian Export- Import Bank (NEXIM) before he joined an International Marketing Company, Lunar Corporate Success Limited, Nigeria as the Finance Officer where he worked till 2011 before furthering his education in Islamic finance. He is an associate fellow of the Institute of Islamic Banking and Insurance, London, UK and a Certified Shari’ah Adviser and Auditor by Accounting and Auditing Organisation for Islamic Financial Institutions (AAOIFI) in Bahrain. He received his first Degree in Economics from the University of Abuja and later obtained Postgraduate Diploma at the Institute of Islamic Banking and Insurance, United Kingdom and Master of Business Administration, specializing in Islamic Finance from the renowned International Islamic University, Malaysia. He is studying Master of Science in Economics at the University of Abuja. He is the pioneer Executive Chairman of Islamic Crescent Cooperative Society Limited. He Chairs a Non- Governmental Organization, I-Crescent Relief Foundation Abuja, Nigeria. He develops and structures Islamic finance products suitable for Islamic finance institutions and carries out shari'ah review and audit. His professional interests include Islamic finance product development for microfinance institutions, insurance (Takaful) company, shari'ah compliant business, and Islamic finance marketing and research. Mr. Shefiu has presented papers at International Conferences on Islamic Banking and Finance, Islamic microfinance, Islamic Wealth Management and given talks at workshops and international conferences in Nigeria and Malaysia on Islamic Banking and Finance. He attended courses and conferences on Product Development, Islamic Capital Market, Corporate Governance, African Takaful Forum and Leadership Quality, Organizational Supervisory Management, World Conference on Riba; etc.