Lilian Olubi is a finance and investment professional with over twenty years
of Capital Markets experience. She is currently the CEO of a leading Investment
services firm in Nigeria and has had a diverse career in a few leading institutions
at different life cycleswith a track record of driving growth. A woman of many
parts, Lilian is enthusiastic about public service and civic responsibility
and is a firm advocate for social enterprises and SMEs as the engine house
of a strong economy.
She founded The Gold Lilies Global Services, a social venture conglomerate providing value
across different sectors. She has been a boardroom judge for the past seven seasons of the successful
entrepreneurship reality TV show – ‘The Next Titan’ which promotes enterprise among youths by pruning
their business ideas, sharpening acumen and providing business capital. She sits on several boards
in the corporate and social sector and is the co-founder of Drug Aid Africa Initiative.
“Osamede, the Stage Play” which is her debut project in the arts is a tool she intends to utilize as an
avenue to raise the crucial topics of human rights, women’s role in social change, creation of job opportunities
for youths and to promote the creative arts industry in Nigeria with the strength of her corporate background.
Lilian is a Chartered Stockbroker and Authorized Dealing Clerk of the Nigerian Stock Exchange, she holds
a Bsc in Business Administration from the University of Benin and a Masters of leadership in
Development Finance from the Frankfurt school of Finance & Management, Germany.
She is also an author and is happily married and blessed with two lovely children.
OLATUNDE ODUWOLE is a Fellow of The Institute of Chartered
Accountants of NIgeria (ICAN) and an International Associate of the
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He holds a Master
of Science degree in Banking and Finance from Boston University,
Massachusetts USA, with over 25 years work experience in commercial
finance, corporate strategy, business development, audit, tax and
accounting in the oil and gas industry, audit and management
consulting across Africa, Europe and North America.
He is the Head of Finance, Oil and Gas Projects, Shell Petroleum Development
Company. Nig. Ltd and until recently, the Finance Director of Shell Nigeria Gas Limited and
Director on the Board of West Africa Gas Pipeline Company Limited (WAPCO). He has led several
complex multi-billion dollars commercial transactions in the oil and gas sector in Nigeria, including
the recently completed financing for Nigeria LNG (NLNG) Train 7 expansion program.
Tunde is an adventurous traveller, he enjoys playing the saxophone, reading, and
theatre production. He produced the highly acclaimed play “Gula on Stage” in 2017
a riveting story based on President Obasanjo’s prison experience. He is happily
married to Dr. Jumoke Oduwole and they are blessed with two lovely children.
AYO AJAYI is a theatre producer and director, a pioneer music director
in the Nigerian theatre industry who, to date, has directed well over 50
Musicals, producing some of Nigeria’s finests. His active participation in
the Nigerian musicals theatre space started when he directed the music
of the popular Saro the musical and Wakaa the musical (Lagos
& London) both from the stables of BAP Production.
His musical talent was honed from a very early age with lessons from his father before been
nurtured at the CMS Grammar School where he eventually became the School Choral director and
pianist. His debut was at the age of seven when He performed at the Economic Community of West
African States (ECOWAS) conference concert at the Sheraton Hotels in Abuja with the group Rising
Star led by Tosin Adejumo and he has since then been involved in several educational
and performance tours both in and outside the country.
Ayo Ajayi is the Creative Director of Declassical Arts & Entertainment, a top production company
in Nigeria which has produced phenomenal musical theatre performances like OMG the Musical,
Legends the Musical, The Lost Chord, Fela; Arrest the Music, Gula’, Ajala, Home the Musical, Ununcha the
musical, to mention but a few. He was also the Music Director for Midnight Hotel, Wait, Evolution of African
Musical, Full Circle, ‘Obele and The Storyteller’. Ayo, who has taught music in schools for more than two
decades. He is the immediate past President of the MUSON School Alumni Association and
is also a Pianist, Organist, Composer, and Choral Conductor.
Gold Lilies Global Services was founded in 2017 in Lagos, Nigeria as a
social impact outfit for diverse causes. It has gone ahead to be the corporate
representation for both philanthropic and commercial ventures amongst other
initiatives. Inspired by its overarching objectives to promote excellence and
humanity, the vision of the entity and all its expressions is simple –
Bringing inspiration and empowerment opportunities, to be a
lighthouse to help create better human experiences.
