Mr. Barnabas Olise is the Managing Director/CEO of Cakasa (Nig) Company Limited. Olise's rich pool of work experience spans nearly two decades and covers Auditing, Consulting and Banking. Mr. Barnabas began his career in Deloitte, an international firm of Chartered Accountants as an audit trainee.

He spent nearly a decade with the firm and gained cognate experience in auditing companies operating in virtually every sector of the Nigerian economy. Following his stint at Deloitte, he joined former Intercontinental Bank (Now Access Bank Plc.) and facilitated the expansion of the Ghanaian subsidiary's branch expansion to 28 outlets. He served as the Bank's Group Head, Project Management and later Group Executive, Management Services and Franchise Expansion before resigning from the Bank to set up a consultancy. Mr. Barnabas holds a BSc. in Mathematics from the University of Ibadan and is a Fellow of the Charted Institute of Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN).

He currently serve on several boards, including Coronation Life Assurance Limited, Technivac Uk Limited, Cakasa Maintenance Services Limited, and the 355 Group, among others.