Bayo Ogunnusi Independent Financial Consultant
- Financial Consulting
- Financial Modelling
- Market Research
- Business Development
- Business Planning
- Corporate Strategy
- SME Development
- Economic Policy
- Financial Strategy
- Accounting
- Taxation
- Masters in Finance (London Business School)
- BSc. Accounting (Olabisi Onabanjo University)
- Member, Association of Certified Chartered Accountants, England
- Member, Chartered Institute of Taxation
- Certificate in Entrepreneurial Management (Pan-Atlantic University)
- Certified Public Private Partnership Specialist (Institute of Public-Private Partnership in Washington)
As an Independent Consultant, Bayo Ogunnusi brings a wealth of financial expertise to Kleos Advisory, assisting clients in navigating complex market landscapes and driving sustainable business growth.
Bayo Ogunnusi is an accomplished financial strategist with over 20 years of experience in the private and public sectors. His work life spans extensively across SME (Small and Medium Enterprise), Financial Control, Public Service, Infrastructure, and Project Finance (PPP). Before joining TQM Capital, he was Group Head of SME in Heritage Bank, Consultant at Phillips Consulting Limited, Group Coordinator at First City Monument Bank Plc, Financial Controller at Bank PHB (now Keystone Bank Limited), Financial ControlOfficer at Access Bank Plc, and Technical Advisor to the Honorable Minister of State for Finance in 2008.
He was a pioneer staff at Heritage Bank in 2012 where led a group of dynamic individuals who developed a thriving SME Banking Business at Heritage Bank. At Heritage, novel approaches were developed for the SME banking business, and this enabled Heritage bank to overcome most of the challenges faced by other banks at the initial stage.
He left Heritage Bank in 2016 to establish his financial management consulting firm with a special focus on small businesses. He further set up a thriving online and virtual SME support platform, Thesmedoctor (Instagram- @thesmedoctortsd, Twitter-@thesmedoctor) as a training and capacity development arm of TQM Capital Limited.
Thesmedoctor was created to fill the gap of capacity development in the SME space with a special emphasis on rebuilding businesses, providing adequate structures, and handholding them to ensure they succeed through the use of innovative methods and approaches.
In the dynamic world of entrepreneurship, strategic financial planning is key to weathering uncertainties and seizing opportunities for growth.
Bayo contributes valuable insights and specialized knowledge to enhance the firm’s consulting services.
Thesmedoctor organizes free training/capacity development sessions every month to add real value to about 50 of the Small Businesses on their network. They diagnose and then give practical and honest solutions on the spot. They have partnered with HR specialists, IT and digital branding specialists, Tax specialists, Legal consultants, and Accountants to offer bespoke services that will improve the governance structures and processes of these SMEs at an affordable cost. So far Bayo has directly impacted more than 4,000 SMEs and more than 10,000 SMEs indirectly.
Bayo got his first degree in Accounting at the Ogun State University. He’s a Chartered Accountant and an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Taxation. He has a Masters in Finance (M.Sc.) from London Business School, a Certificate in Entrepreneurial Management from the Enterprise Development Center (EDC- Lagos Business School), and is a Certified Public Private Partnership Specialist from the Institute of Public-Private Partnership in Washington, USA.