Feyisayo Alayande

Executive Secretary and CEO, Lagos State Employment Trust Fund (LSETF)
Feyisayo is the Executive Secretary for LSETF responsible for leading the Executive Management Team to deliver on its strategic objectives. She has had 14 years of Global Banking and Financial Services experience working in Business Strategy Development and Implementation, Business Transformation and Strategic Change functions of Investment Banks and Retail Banks’ Operations, within Europe and Africa. She managed Strategic Programmes, delivering Business Processes, Product Development and Technology Change globally and across continents, whilst working for Banks such as HSBC Global Banking & Markets, Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), and FBNQuest (a subsidiary of First Bank of Nigeria), earlier on in her career. Prior to joining the Fund, she was the Head of Products, Digital and Marketing for Letshego Nigeria, an Inclusive Finance bank, where she developed and managed the roll out of financial products and programmes that granted access to capital to the everyday Nigerian Small and Medium Enterprises and individuals. This was a significant factor in aiding the scale-up of their businesses across various eco systems from Trade services to Agriculture, Education, Energy, Health and Housing whilst leveraging Technology and innovative partnerships with private and public organizations including local and global development agencies, across the Nigerian landscape. Feyisayo holds a Masters in Management degree from Imperial College Business School, and a Business Economics degree from the University of Reading. She has also achieved Sustainable Finance, Microfinance, Project Management, Business Processes and Investment Management qualifications and certifications.