The foremost banker is one of the judges of Lions Den, a business reality shows that gives budding entrepreneurs across Nigeria a chance to pitch their businesses. After playing for England at the under-17 level and appearing in the 2018 UEFA European Under-17 Championship,[28] he accepted a call up from the United States under-18 national team in August 2018 for a training camp and a tournament in the Czech Republic. According to his LinkedIn profile, he also serves as Chief relationship officer for prime clients and excellent high-level relationship management with government, regulatory and corporate clients. When Bolaji Balogun returned to investment banking in 2005, he decided to go it alone, much like his father did when he founded City Securities Limited almost 30 years before. Born in the United States, he represents England at youth international level. The apple does not fall far from the tree. All rights reserved. Balogun was appointed to the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, Africa Advisory Board in September 2009. In 2001, there was to be a bid for the $285 million GSM license which would later be described as the most expensive license ever issued in Africa at the time. Strive Masiyiwa assembled a consortium of 22 investors to raise money for the bid. Required fields are marked *. With the vision to grow Chapel Hill into a full-fledged investment bank, in 2008, he merged it with Denham Management. After Econet secured its GSM Wireless, the father of five children went on to become one of the founding Directors and occupied the positions of Chief Business Development and Strategy Officer and later Chief Marketing Officer. Different investments carry varying degrees of risk and the value of some investments may go up or down, and in some cases, return less than was invested. Balogun converted to Christianity while in secondary school. Effective leader of cross-functional business and. He began his career in the early 1990s as Executive Director/Chief Operating Officer of CSL Stockbrokers Limited in Lagos, Nigeria, where he remained until 2001. Educationally, they are all very solid. To his credit, Bolaji has done enough for his name to stand well alone - without that of his father for recognition. Bolaji now serves as the Chief Executive Officer of the Chapel Hill Denham Group and the Managing Partner and Chief Executive Officer of Chapel Hill Advisory Partners Limited. He has firmly established the business as one of Nigerias most trusted and well-connected advisers. [26] This made him the top scorer in Ligue 1. Bolaji is the son of one of Nigeria's notable bankers and the founder of First City Monument Bank (FCMB) - Olasubomi Balogun. For 10 years now,Gboyega has been the Managing Director of CSL Stockbrokers Ltd, one of the subsidiaries of FCMB Group. Through the testimonies of this group, Bolajis research provides empirical grounding to the existing global understanding of race and national identity and adds to the geographical terrain of contemporary nationalism and identity studies. They are privileged to have been born into the Balogun family. He served as Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer at CSL Stockbrokers (part of First City Group) and was Executive Director at FCMB Capital Markets. [11], In July 2020, after failing to agree a new contract with Arsenal, he was linked with a transfer away from the club, including a proposed 8 million sale to Brentford. He led the capital raising and license bid auction process for Econet Wireless Nigerias USD285million GSM license. Chapel Hill Denham is also interested in Africa and Nigerias economic development, focusing on infrastructure, energy and renewables, real estate, SMEs, financial inclusion, healthcare, and education. [34][35], On 27 August 2021, Balogun received his first call up to the England under-21 team. Every one of these guys is doing pretty well for himself. Credited with planning and executing what is identified as the largest successful exit from private investment $1.67 billion sale of Econet Wireless to Celte in 2005-, Bolaji has done extremely well for himself in professional and financial ratings before he founded Chapel Hill Denham which has soared him beyond measures based on how well the journey is turning out. Otunba Subomi Balogun has 4 sons. They have all made a success of their careers and their marriages. has done enough for his name to stand well alone without that of his father for recognition. Meet Gbenga Ezekiel: Teenager Who Set New Guinness World Record in Rope Skipping on one foot. Bolaji is the son of one of Nigerias notable bankers and the founder of First City Monument Bank(FCMB) Olasubomi Balogun. Business Analyst. From April 1993 to January 2001, he was Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer at CSL Stockbrokers (part of FCMB Group). Crossref. They attended Ivy League schools both at home and abroad and are equally doing well in their respective endeavours. Bolaji left mobile telecommunications and returned to investment banking, when he founded Chapel Hill in 2005. What they need to realize is that risk is easily translated into opportunity," says Bolaji Balogun, CEO of Chapel Hill Denham. 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Polish Lebensraum: The colonial ambition to expand on racial terms. In doing so, he opens the theory to a new global application, able to re-centre questions of colonialism, domination, and non-European migration in a more peripheral, understudied location in Central and Eastern Europe. I have five children and I have other children. He was appointed to the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, Africa Advisory Board in September 2009 and was Chairman of the investment banking trade group, the Association of Issuing Houses of Nigeria from September 2010 to July 2014. As well as his academic outputs in this area, Bolaji has written for academic media outlets such as the Sociological Review Blog; Open Democracy, LSE Blogs, Discover Society, Baltic Worlds, and The Muslim News. Emma is the Global Mobility Advisor at Electronic Arts (EA) Royal Holloway, University of London Guildford. The Other Side Of NKECHI BLESSING Revealed! They went into the Den looking for a 30 million Naira investment in ex. In addition to leading Chapel Hill, Bolaji Balogun is Vice Chairman of Endeavor Nigeria and the Chief Investment Officer of the Nigeria Infrastructure Debt Fund. Bolaji has twenty-seven years of experience in financial services and mobile telecommunications. She works with Shell. He served as a Non-Executive Director of Nigerian Aviation Handling Company Plc. Funded by the Leverhulme Trust (SAS-2017-046), Bolajis research uses in-depth interviews, focus group and survey to explore the lived experiences of People of Colour in Poland. . Born in the United States, he represents England at youth international level. Emerging details have it that the younger Balogun who has three brothers Jide, Ladi, and Gboyega wants to seize the opportunity offered by MTN Nigeria public offer of shares to put his driver and security man and others on a good footing for a brighter future. In 2001, he left the FCMB Group to pursue a career in the mobile communication industry. [40] In his first interview for Middlesbrough, Balogun said he takes inspiration from Edinson Cavani and Robert Lewandowski. The US$1.67 billion sale of Econet Wireless to Celtel in 2005 remains Nigerias single largest successfully exited investment. In every single way, Bolaji proved in those four years that the apple did not fall far from the tree. He has over 19 years experience in investment banking and has spent 11 years in the investment banking within the First City Group. Alongside Deutsche, Balogun and his team were brought in to advise Nigerias central bank on the rescue and recapitalization of the failing banks. CMB Building Company Honoured Again! Bolajis career started in investment banking and securities trading under the First City Group. He is also an Economic commentator and severally shares his knowledge in financial markets, development economics, infrastructure and SMEs in interviews and commentaries. Bolaji was part of the licence bid auction team and he, in fact, led the capital raising and license bid auction process for the Econet Wireless Nigeria license. After leaving FCMB, he became a co-founder and Director of Econet Wireless Nigeria, now Airtel Nigeria. The group specializes in investment banking, asset management, and securities trading, and it is also Nigerias leading alternative asset manager. Before the bonds were due to mature in December 2013, there were concerns that Amcon could default, but we successfully lead managed a landmark N3.8 trillion refinancing deal for it, says Balogun. And I would buy for other people, my driver, my security man the Chapel Hill Denham Chief Executive Officer declared at a media announcement by MTN Nigeria to explain everything about the share sale to everyday Nigerians in Abuja on Tuesday, November 30, 2021. Under his leadership, he grew his company alongside others to be one of Nigerias leading independent investment banking firms. These are outlined in the Complaints Management policy which can be accessed here. Based on projected value, which is how businesses are estimated nowadays, those people Bolaji wants to buy MTN Nigeria shares for will be rich men in a few years SocietyNow.Ng further learned. And not only would I buy some for myself but I would buy for all those children. She is also a senior partner at the youth offering team of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea(RBKC). Bolajis success can be traced to the self-discovery that guided his intentional educational pursuit. He worked at Citibank in New York and has worked in various areas of the FCMB, including Treasury, Corporate Banking and Investment Banking. Bolaji Balogun discusses new opportunities and adapting to the new normal during and post COVID-19 @ The Market Place Shift Conference | The London Liberty C. The Bankers son who started his professional journey in investment banking and securities trading under the wings of the First City Group after his return from the United Kingdom where he studied at Charterhouse School, Godalming, Surrey, and his first degree in Economics at the London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London played a major role in Econet ( overtime transformed into Airtel ) becoming Nigerias first mobile operator by winning the $285 million GSM license bid of 2001. 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification, "List of Players under Written Contract Registered Between 01/07/2018 and 31/07/2018", "Nigeria yet to approach Arsenal's Folarin Balogun", "Mikel Arteta sends message to Arsenal contract rebel Folarin Balogun", "U.S. under-18s call up promising Arsenal prospect Folarin Balogun", "Folarin Balogun admits he hasn't decided international allegiance: England, USA or Nigeria", "Nelson - The youngsters who have impressed me most", "Arsenal academy update: Smith-Rowe, Willock & Balogun set for breakthrough campaign", "Nigerian born Folarin Balogun signs professional contract with Arsenal", "Folarin Balogun appears to confirm Arsenal decision on Instagram", "Folarin Balogun: Arsenal demand 8m for Brentford target", "Games played by Folarin Balogun in 2020/2021", "Molde 0-3 Arsenal: Nicolas Pepe praised by Mikel Arteta", "Folarin Balogun signs new long-term contract", "Folarin Balogun starts his first Premier League game for Arsenal vs Brentford", "Folarin Balogun joins Middlesbrough on loan", "Folarin Balogun joins Stade de Reims on loan", "Arsenal confirm exit as clear-out continues but striker will be back", "Marseille 4-1 Reims: Arsenal loanees Nuno Tavares & Folarin Balogun grab debut goals", "Folarin Balogun: Arsenal loanee scores superb hat-trick in Reims v Lorient", "European Under-17 Championships: England lose 6-5 on penalties to Netherlands", "Arsenal's Nigerian Whizkid Provisionally Cap-Tied To England Selected To Represent USA", "USMNT U-18s win Vaclav Jezek Tournament", "The young lions were victorious in their opening game in Dubai with a 41 over Japan", "Two quickfire goals in the first half seal win for Lee Carsley's Young Lions at SGP", "Lewis Webb of Wales saves from Folarin Balogun of England", "Harvey Elliott: Liverpool winger receives first England U21 call-up for September internationals", "England U21 star Balogun open to Nigeria call-up", "Arsenal's 'next Ian Wright' who has shown Arteta what he can do in 60 minutes", "Folarin Balogun | Official Website of the Boro- Middlesbrough FC latest news, photos and videos", "Games played by Folarin Balogun in 2018/2019", "Games played by Folarin Balogun in 2019/2020", "Games played by Folarin Balogun in 2021/2022", "Games played by Folarin Balogun in 2022/2023", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Folarin_Balogun&oldid=1141748617, United States men's youth international soccer players, American sportspeople of Nigerian descent, England under-21 international footballers, English expatriate sportspeople in France, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:10, 26 February 2023 (UTC), This page was last edited on 26 February 2023, at 16:10. Farooq Kperogi: Which Candidate Will Benefit from Buharis Naira Policy? In the 5 years he was at Econet, he also worked as Chief Business Development and Strategy Officer, as well as Chief Marketing Officer at different times. He became the Executive Director at FCMB Capital Markets in 1996 and left the company in 2001 after 11 years of serving the family business to join Econet Wireless Nigeria. From May 2015 to June 2020, he served as Board Chairman of Lafarge Africa Plc, and from March 2005 to May 2015, he served as a Director on the board of Lafarge Wapco Nigeria Plc. The firm now a group founded in 2005 has turned out the nations front-runner alternative asset manager, with a focus on investment banking, investment management, and securities trading. Afterwards, he returned to the investment industry and founded Chapel Hill in the same year. Balogun B. As well as his academic outputs in this area, Bolaji has written for academic media outlets such as the Sociological Review Blog; Open Democracy, LSE Blogs, Discover Society, Baltic Worlds, and The Muslim News. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); NewlettersResearch ReportsSales & Marketing. Degree (Hons) in Economics in 1989. He served for the first . He is married to Kemi, the beautiful daughter of a veteran journalist, poet, playwright and author, Frank Aig-Imoukhuede. He spent 11 years within FCMB Group in investment banking and securities trading, leaving the business in January 2001. 5 Lessons From Fejiro Hanu Agbodje, Nigerian entrepreneur and CEO of Patricia Technologies Limited. He attended Igbobi College, Lagos, and went to the United Kingdom to complete his high school education at the Charterhouse School, Godalming, Surrey. [14][15], He scored his first senior goal on 26 November 2020, in a Europa League group stage match against Molde. Balogun set up Chapel Hill, a financial services advisory firm based in Lagos, in 2005 but with keen ambitions to develop his business into a full-service investment bank, Chapel Hill merged with Denham Management in 2008, with Balogun at the helm. Chief relationship officer for prime clients and excellent high-level relationship management with government, regulatory and corporate clients. Bolaji is the son of the legend of Banking and related spheres, Otunba Subomi Balogun. [5] His parents were born in Nigeria. He would later go into a merger with Denham in 2008. The policy can be accessed here. He spent eleven years within FCMB Group, in investment banking and securities trading, leaving the business in January 2001. He has been one of the leading deal-makers in Nigeria over the last decade. 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