PROFILE
Banking. Governance. Women’s leadership.
Adeola Azeez is a banker and co-founder of Women in Management, Business and Public Service (WIMBIZ), with more than 30 years of experience across banking, governance and strategic partnerships in West Africa.
Adeola spent more than three decades at Deutsche Bank, where she served as Director and Deputy Country Representative. Her responsibilities included business operations in the region and relationships between Deutsche Bank’s offshore teams and Nigerian banks.
Her work has spanned financial transactions, operational sustainability, strategic partnerships, risk management and financial crime compliance. Her professional experience also includes representing Sigma Risk in West Africa.
In 2002, Adeola co-founded Women in Management, Business and Public Service (WIMBIZ). She served as Chairperson from 2011 to 2013 and is a founding trustee.
During her chairmanship, WIMBIZ expanded its reach into Northern Nigeria and developed partnerships supporting women in business. These included work with Vital Voices and the Federal Ministry of Finance’s YouWiN! Women programme.
She is also a founding member of Women in Politics (WIMPol).
Her board and advisory experience includes roles with Sycamore Integrated Solutions Limited, Global InfoSwift Consulting and the Tosin Anibaba Memorial Fund (TAMFUND), alongside her work with WIMBIZ.