Akinyemi Odusolu

Akinyemi Odusolu chairs Access Bank's risk management committee after joining its board as an independent non-executive director in May 2025. His career connects banking with software engineering and technology consulting. He founded Pacific Realm, a consulting business serving clients in Europe, and was the first managing director and chief executive of Cornerstone Financial Services, a subsidiary of Cornerstone Insurance.

Earlier banking roles took Odusolu through Guaranty Trust Bank, Habib Bank and Nigerian Intercontinental Merchant Bank, covering responsibilities such as business development, transaction services and underwriting. He is also a director and trustee of the international charity Tearfund. He studied microbiology at the University of Ife before obtaining an MBA at the University of Lagos. His technical training includes Oracle applications, complemented by executive development programmes in business management.