Over 19 years of experience as an Advisor, Operator and Investor. Yemi most recently co-headed Africa Private Equity for Standard Chartered Private Equity (SCPE), where he sat on several portfolio company boards.

Prior to this, Yemi co-founded Virgin Nigeria Airways in 2005 and was the Chief Operating Officer and a member of its Board. He had roles at Virgin Management, Hawkpoint Partners and Goldman Sachs before that.

Yemi holds a BEng (First Class Hons) and PhD in Chemical Engineering from Bath University.