"Simisola Christabel Ojumu' Appointed Executive Director Technical By 𝗡𝗜𝗥𝗦𝗔𝗟 𝗣lc.

NIRSAL Plc has appointed 𝗠𝗿𝘀. 𝗢𝗺𝗼𝘀𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗹𝗮 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗲𝗹 𝗢𝗷𝘂𝗺𝘂 as Executive Director, Technical.

Mrs. Ojumu is a seasoned investment banker and corporate finance professional with two decades of experience in capital raising, transaction structuring, investment origination, and the execution of complex financial transactions across the banking, manufacturing, and financial services sectors.

Over the course of her career, she has built and managed investment pipelines, mobilised capital, developed institutional relationships, and negotiated transactions involving diverse counterparties and financing structures. This depth of experience brings valuable commercial and investment expertise to NIRSAL as the Company continues to strengthen its capacity to facilitate private capital into the agriculture sector at scale.

Mrs. Ojumu joins NIRSAL from CapitalSage Holdings Limited, where she served for three years as Managing Director, Investment Banking. Before CapitalSage, she held senior roles including Vice President, Sales at ABSA Group Nigeria; Associate, Equity Sales at Renaissance Capital; and Head, Institutional and Corporate Sales at CardinalStone Partners Limited.

At NIRSAL, Mrs. Ojumu will oversee technical functions and relationships spanning agribusinesses and agricultural value chains on the one hand, and banks and other financial institutions on the other, bringing her experience in investment banking, transaction structuring, and capital mobilisation to bear on NIRSAL’s efforts to sustainably expand the flow of commercial finance into Nigeria’s agriculture sector.

A graduate of the 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗟𝗮𝗴𝗼𝘀 and 𝗟𝗮𝗴𝗼𝘀 𝗕𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹, Mrs. Ojumu is an Authorized Dealing Clerk of the Nigerian Exchange Group, an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers of Nigeria, and a Member of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment, United Kingdom.

Her appointment further strengthens NIRSAL’s executive leadership under 𝗠𝗿. 𝗦𝗮’𝗮𝗱 𝗛𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗱𝘂, as the Company continues to strengthen its value proposition, sustain its recent growth trajectory, and consolidate its position as Africa’s pioneer agricultural credit risk-sharing institution.