Team

Chief Executive Officer

Osaze is responsible for the company's strategic, operating and investing activities.  He also leads fundraising and investor relations.  He is a member of the Investment Committee of TPEF 1.

Prior to Travant, Osaze was the first CEO of Ocean and Oil Holdings (OOH), a principal investment group in Nigeria. As one of the four principals in OOH, he played a key role in the development of Oando Plc, an integrated oil and gas company operating out of Nigeria.  Prior to his return to Nigeria, Osaze spent eleven years with HSBC in London working as a proprietary trader in the Global Markets division and in Telecommunications in the Investment Banking division.

Osaze currently serves on the African Regional Advisory board for London Business School and the Board of Governors for the African Leadership Academy based in Johannesburg. He also serves on the board of Dorman Long Engineering.

Osaze holds a BSc in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Lagos, an MSc in Management Science and Operational Research from the University of Warwick and an MSc in Finance from London Business School.

Chief Executive Officer

Real Estate

Ibukun is Chief Executive Officer of Travant Real Estate with responsibility for corporate, transactional and strategic matters.

Prior to Travant Ibukun was the pioneer CEO of Broll Nigeria for the last 4 years where she was instrumental in business development and revenue growth for the firm. She previously worked as an Associate Director, Risk Management at UBS Warburg where she headed the Risk Management European Financial Institutions Team and she also worked as a Manager in the Banking and Specialized Finance Team at NatWest Markets Plc in London.

She serves on the board of Broll Nigeria.

Ibukun holds a BSc (Hons) in Financial Economics (London) and an MSc in Accounting and Finance from the London School of Economics.

Executive Director

Real Estate

Tolu is Executive Director of Travant Real Estate with responsibility for operations and transaction management.

Prior to Travant, Tolu served as General Manager of Broll Nigeria, where he was instrumental for growing the value of property under management and for securing business deals with market leaders in key sectors. He previously worked as Group Head, Real Estate Development at National Bank of Nigeria (now part of Wema Bank). He has held a number of positions in real estate development and promotion both locally and abroad including Long and Foster and Sciaba Construction in the USA.  He was appointed a member of the advisory council for the Transition Committee on Housing for the Ogun State Government.

Tolu holds a BSc in Building Construction Technology from the Wentworth Institute of Technology, in Boston.

General Counsel

Private Equity

Banke oversees the administration of the fund and participates in fundraising, investor relations and transactions. Banke serves on the board of the Fund and Fund Manager.

Prior to joining Travant, Banke was the Senior Vice President of Corporate Services (Legal and Administration) for Ocean and Oil Holdings (OOH). Prior to OOH, Banke was Vice President at Asset & Resource Management Company (ARM) one of Nigeria's top asset management companies. Banke began her career at the Law firm of Olajide Oyewole and Co.

Banke holds a law degree from the Obafemi Awolowo University and a Masters degree in Law from Kings College, University of London.

Director

Private Equity

Sanayade is an Investment Director with primary responsibility for managing transactions and the investment team in English speaking western Africa.  She also plays a key role in fundraising.

Prior to joining Travant Sanyade was Vice President of Finance and Strategy for Ocean and Oil Holdings (OOH) in Nigeria.  Before that she worked for twelve years in management and finance positions at British Telecom and at Arthur Andersen UK (now Deloitte).

Sanyade Okoli holds an MA in Mechanical Engineering from Cambridge University and is a Chartered Accountant.

Chief Financial officer

Private Equity

Ijeoma is responsible for managing fund finances and corporate operations. 

Prior to Travant, Ijeoma spent over 10 years with PricewaterhouseCoopers Nigeria and two years at PricewaterhouseCoopers London where she was involved in regulatory compliance audits, taxation review and internal process consulting.  Ijeoma's experience covers a wide spectrum of business advisory services including internal audit, assurance, tax accounting, Sarbanes Oxley attestation reviews, due diligence and, business process review services.

Ijeoma has a Bsc in Accounting from Abia State University and is a Chartered Accountant.

Vice President

Real Estate

Naana is a member of the Investments team and will play a key role in Fund Raising.

Prior to joining Travant Real Estate, Naana held brand management and strategy roles at CVS Corporation and the Timberland Company, where she was responsible for a variety of business development initiatives. Prior to that, Naana worked in Goldman Sachs’ Investment Banking and Asset Management divisions.

Naana holds a Bachelor's degree with Honors in Economics from Vassar College, where she graduated Phi Beta Kappa, and an MBA from the Harvard Business School, where she was the winner of the Goldman Sachs MBA Fellowship.

Head, Corporate Services

Real Estate

Ronke is the Head of Corporate Services and is responsible for the operations and administration of the unit as well as the legal affairs of the business.

Prior to Travant, Ronke headed KPMG’s Contracts Compliance & Communications department in Amsterdam. Her career started at the Ford Foundation Office of West Africa where she worked as a program associate in the Economic & Environmental development department.

Ronke holds a LLB (Hons) from the University of Buckingham, an LLM in International and European Law from the University of Amsterdam and is admitted to the Nigerian and Dutch bars. She is also qualified to practice as a solicitor in the UK.

Vice President

Private Equity

Sola is a member of the Investments team.

Sola's experience includes working as a Financial Analyst at Procter and Gamble, Nigeria, as an Analyst at Accenture, and as Senior Associate with Ocean and Oil Holdings (OOH).

Sola has a degree in Economics from the University of Lagos and an MA in Economics and Finance from the University of Alberta, Canada. She is also a CFA charterholder.