Kayode graduated with a BA Hons Degree in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics from the University of Oxford in 2001. He began his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) in London as an Audit & Assurance Associate in the Banking & Capital Markets division and then at Lloyds Banking Group as a Manager/Associate Director in the Risk Solutions Team within the Financial Markets Division.

In 2006, he assumed the role of Vice President/Assistant General Manager in UBA Global Markets (now United Capital) in Lagos initially to head the Sales & Structuring Team then heading the Capital Markets, M&A and Structuring teams. As a Co-Founder and Partner in TIA Capital, a pan-African focused investment firm, a credit fund was successfully raised and invested under the UK FCA regulated 46 Parallels brand which was a joint venture with a UK based family office. Since 2015 TIA Capital has invested over $500m in the Sub-Saharan African region as a sub-advisor to a large global multi-strategy fund as well as advising other clients on their investments in the region.