Olubunmi Lawson is the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Edfin Microfinance Bank. She was the pioneer Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of ACCION Microfinance Bank Limited. She nurtured the bank from infancy to a leading National Microfinance bank.

A former Executive Director, FATE Foundation Ltd/Gte, Co-founder and Executive Director, VLA Lawrence & Associates and has over 29 years’ professional experience in finance, insurance, marketing, auditing and banking. She holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration from the IESE Business School, University of Navarra and is an alumnus of the Lagos Business School.

She is a Fellow, Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria, Institute of Credit Administration of Nigeria, Institute of Credit & Collections Management of Nigeria and Association of Investment Advisers & Portfolio Managers of Nigeria and Member, Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria.

Olubunmi sits on Board of various organizations including CIBN Press, Advisory Boards of Bridge International Academies, Co-Creation Hub (CcHub), MaTontine Inc. New York, and Simply Exponential Consult Limited amongst others.