Lekan Oyebamiji

• Lead program manager on accelerator programs for underrepresented founders in the UK ecosystem as powered by top enterprises in the world - Barclays, Lloyds, Salisbury, UK government etc
• Partnership and stakeholder management on programs from start to finish.
• Program delivery, process and documentation management

• Utilizing persuasive sales project management skills and techniques to book and facilitate meetings with C-level executives and technical teams from over 700 startup companies across Nigeria, significantly bolstering Okra's brand visibility and fostering key partnerships.

• Guided C-level executives and technical teams in over 400 businesses across Africa on best practices for open banking API integration, resulting in a 20% increase in successful integration.

• Built a £82 million supply chain financing sales pipeline of African manufacturers through strategic partnerships with local industry organizations, effectively addressing client challenges and driving the adoption of Jetstream's tailored e-logistics solutions for impactful outcomes.

• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to integrate Salesforce CRM with existing systems, that enhanced pipeline visibility, streamlined sales processes, and improved forecasting accuracy.

Go to market specialist for the launch of Curacel two maiden technology enabled insurance product and services

Established and spearheaded the inception of the Business development team, introducing sales processes, strategies and workflows with enterprise, mid-market and SMEs across 15 African countries as target market.

Led the high-performing business development team to achieve a record-breaking second quarter revenue of £75,000 in 2023, surpassing previous quarterly results by 154%.

Provided financial consulting and business analysis services on behalf of Deloitte in collaboration to the Tony Elumelu foundation to access and vet over 3,000 businesses across Africa and recommend for capital funding with over £15.7 million to be disbursed.

Led the business development team, managing the entire sales process and setting up the prospect inbound and outbound structures targeting over 15 African countries pitching talent placement and bootcamp as a service leading to over £100,000 worth deals in the sales pipeline

Co-managed three bootcamps in the period for aspiring product and growth managers managers, a 12-week VFA Fintech product management and GTM program designed to upskill senior talents in Africa's fintech space.

As the account manager, I managed over 150 enterprise deals worth $100,000 on the average across 12 industry verticals while increasing the same portfolio by 300% within a year.

Achieved an exponential growth of 418% across all key performance metrics; team profitability (900%), deposit mobilization (150%), credit disbursement (316%), Point of Sale collections (306%) and business account acquisition (115%) in 2 years.

Achieved record-breaking loan bookings, surpassing £1 million within 6 months, resulting in a 50% increase in overall loan revenue.

Closed a high-value £11.8 million deal with an interior decoration company, Saporiti Italia. Oversaw all financial aspects of the engagement, resulting in improved customer satisfaction and successful project delivery.