Bili Odum

Bili Odum oversees company-secretarial and legal responsibilities for United Bank for Africa. His professional background combines financial services with legal practice, including work on structured finance, asset management and corporate governance. He has held executive and advisory appointments in Nigerian financial institutions, with responsibilities extending beyond legal advice to personnel administration, business communication and organisational knowledge management.

Odum studied law at Edo State University in Ekpoma, graduating with honours, and entered the Nigerian legal profession in 1990. His professional memberships include both the Nigerian and international bar associations, as well as Britain's arbitration institute. He has also undertaken executive education through Lagos Business School's Chief Executive Programme and the New York Institute of Finance. These studies sit alongside a career covering legal, administrative and leadership work in finance.