Olubanke Balogun is a Founding Director of Aureum Services Limited, and is directly responsible for strategy implementation and business development following a 20-year career in the private sector. With a degree in Law and Accountancy from the University of Brighton, Sussex. Olubanke commenced her career as a management consultant with Accenture, where she serviced a diverse range of clients.

She switched industries to oil and gas with Shell Nigeria Oil Products (Downstream) as a Business Analyst and Brand and Communications Advisor and later as a Credit Manager within the business. Due to her desire to gain experience across the other sectors in the industry, she sought a position in Shell Nigeria in the Upstream Gas Division where she held several roles in the commercial department and planning and monitoring department.

She spent the last 5 years of a 16-year career in Shell Oil Trading with Shell Western Supply and Trading Limited. Olubanke currently sits on the Advisory Board of Conex Oil and Gas JV Limited (Liberia), the largest private petroleum storage infrastructure owner in the Mano River Union Region and is a significant shareholder in the only private refinery in the region.