KOKO Business · 7 Nov 2026
Ayodeji Adelagun: What KOKO Data Shows
Ayodeji “Deji” Adelagun is listed as Chief Executive Officer and Head of Financial Markets at Standard Chartered Bank Nigeria. He was appointed acting CEO in January 2026 after serving as Executive Director and Head of Markets…
Current KOKO data on Ayodeji Adelagun is drawn from the source material attached to its profile. This article separates that external evidence from reviews, ratings and KOKO community consensus.
What KOKO knows now
Ayodeji “Deji” Adelagun is listed as Chief Executive Officer and Head of Financial Markets at Standard Chartered Bank Nigeria. He was appointed acting CEO in January 2026 after serving as Executive Director and Head of Markets for Nigeria and Africa, as well as Head of Rates and Credit Trading for West Africa. He joined Standard Chartered in 2007 and has more than 26 years of banking and financial markets experience. Adelagun also chairs Standard Chartered Capital and Advisory Nigeria and serves as an executive director of the bank’s Nigerian board. Earlier in his career, he worked in banking operations, commercial banking and treasury at Access Bank, then helped establish bond trading desks and a benchmark-bond workstream in Nigeria. His career connects banking leadership with the development of local capital markets, while his current responsibilities span strategy, governance and financial-market activity.
Primary-source evidence
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- Standard Chartered Bank Nigeria — PRIMARY
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