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Chinua Azubike Chief Executive Officer
Daniel Mueller Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer
Collins Eguakun Financial Controller
Chidi Mike-Eneh Head, Credit Risk
Lola Oyebola Head, Human Resources
Chido Onyilimba Head, Origination & Structuring
Shadrach Iguh General Counsel
Oredolapo Adedayo Head, People
Chinua Azubike Chief Executive Officer
Chinua Azubike is the pioneer Chief Executive Officer of InfraCredit (Infrastructure Credit Guarantee Company PLC) and led the establishment of the first of its kind “AAA” rated credit enhancement institution in Nigeria in 2017.
Chinua has over 20 years’ experience in capital markets and structured finance and has been responsible for leading InfraCredit in its pioneering role of connecting Nigeria’s debt capital markets to long term local currency infrastructure finance by using guarantees to mobilise domestic credit to the private sector from domestic institutional investors for infrastructure development.
Chinua has pioneered innovative blended climate finance vehicles and financial instruments that has unlocked first-time green finance from domestic institutional investors alongside concessional funding from international development agencies to support clean energy access for unserved communities. Chinua has a strong and practical know-how of local capital markets with a firm interest in market development and has acted as a lead adviser in the establishment of key development finance institutions in Nigeria.
Chinua is a protagonist of Harvard Business School’s Case Study on “Infrastructure in Nigeria: Unlocking Pension Fund Investments” published in February 2018 and is being taught on HBS’ MBA Program
Daniel Mueller Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer
Daniel Mueller is a versatile corporate finance professional with over 20 years of experience in transaction structuring, credit evaluation, project finance, due diligence, operations, project management, and capital raising.
He joined the Company in 2017 as one of its pioneering staff, acting as Head, Origination & Structuring before being named the COO in 2021 and appointed Executive Director in 2024. He started his career at JPMorgan’s Investment Banking Division in 2000 and served as a U.S. Peace Corps volunteer (Togo: 2004-2007), then spent over nine years in Nigeria with Deloitte & Touche and Global Emerging Markets before joining InfraCredit.
Daniel Mueller holds a BSc. in Economics (Finance, Public Policy) from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and has passed all levels of the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) examination.
Collins Eguakun Financial Controller
Collins is a finance professional with 20 years’ experience in Financial management, Financial reporting, Tax management, and Auditing in various sectors. Prior to joining InfraCredit, he was a Manager in the Business Process as a Service (BPaaS) function at Deloitte & Touché Nigeria. At Deloitte, he had stints where he was the interim Chief Financial Officer for organizations such as FBN Capital Group, FBN Merchant Bank and Bristow Group Inc. Collins holds a BSc. and an MSc. in Accounting, a Diploma in International Financial Reporting and is an Associate member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria.
Chidi Mike-Eneh Head, Credit Risk
Chidi is a professional with over 20 years’ experience in Credit Risk Management, Structuring and Syndications, Financial analytics and Asset recoveries. Prior to InfraCredit, he was Senior credit analyst-corporate credits at Union Bank of Nigeria and held credit approving authority mandate. Chidi in his career has held senior credit analyst and management roles in financial institutions such as: Credit Manager (specialized credit) at Stanbic IBTC Nigeria, Credit Risk Documentation Officer at Citigroup Nigeria, and as the Remedial Manager (Asset Based finance) at Citigroup Nigeria. He holds a BSc. in Biochemistry and an MSc. in International Business & Emerging Markets.
Lola Oyebola Head, Human Resources
Lola Oyebola is a Human Resources Professional with over 20 years’ experience in People and Process Management, Policy Formulation and Management, Organisation Design, Talent Development and Management across industries in Nigeria and Sub-Saharan Africa. Prior to joining InfraCredit, she was Associate Director, HR Leader for West Africa at The Nielsen Company- the Global rating and performance measurement company where she was responsible for the People Strategy execution and management in four countries; Nigeria, Ghana, Cameroon and Cote D’Ivoire. She has a B.Sc. in Economics, an MBA degree in General Management and a Post Graduate degree in International Human Resource Management.
Chido Onyilimba Head, Origination & Structuring
Chido Onyilimba is an experienced finance professional with over 12 years of experience in Corporate, Project & Structured Finance, Deal Advisory and Debt Capital Markets roles cutting across various sectors in Nigeria. He has been involved in deal origination, deal structuring and deal execution, facilitating the issuance of guarantees to support the credit profile of eligible infrastructure-related assets in Nigeria.
Before joining InfraCredit, Chido was a Manager in the Financial Advisory unit at Deloitte and Touche, following a stint at Dunn Loren Merrifield as an Investment banker. He started his career at KPMG in the Transaction Advisory and Corporate Finance Team.
Chido holds a BSc. in Accounting and an MBA from Liverpool John Moore’s University in the United Kingdom. He is an Associate Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria. Chido has a keen interest in deepening the Nigerian Debt Capital Market and collaborating with international development finance institutions.
Shadrach Iguh General Counsel
Shadrach is InfraCredit’s pioneer legal counsel. He is an experienced solicitor with over twelve (12) years of experience, advising and working closely with development finance institutions, lenders, sponsors, borrowers, and institutional debt and equity investors on complex domestic and international financing transactions. Shadrach also has deal origination, structuring and execution exposure from his time as Vice President & Senior Transactor in InfraCredit’s Origination & Structuring Unit from 2020 to 2022.
Before joining InfraCredit, Shadrach was a visiting associate at Templars (a leading Nigerian law firm). He was selected by the prestigious International Lawyers for Africa (ILFA) Flagship Secondment Programme for secondment to Norton Rose Fulbright LLP (a leading Global Law firm) in 2019 and was a COMBAR Pupil (under the auspices of The Commercial Bar Association of England and Wales) at Gatehouse Chambers (formerly Hardwicke), Gray’s Inn, London, United Kingdom. Shadrach began his career as a banking and finance lawyer at Dunn Loren Merrifield Limited (now DLM Capital Group) in Lagos, Nigeria.
Shadrach is qualified as a Barrister and Solicitor in Nigeria. He holds a Master of Science (MSc) degree in Finance & Financial Law (with Distinction) from the University of London (SOAS), a Graduate Certificate in Project Finance from Middlesex University, London, and a Bachelor of Laws (LL. B) degree from Ebonyi State University, Nigeria.
Oredolapo Adedayo Head, People
Oredolapo Adedayo is a Human Resources professional with over 18 years of experience spanning human capital strategy, talent management, organizational development, and investment management. She currently serves as Head, People at InfraCredit, where she leads talent strategy design and implementation, HR operations, knowledge management and employee engagement initiatives.
Previously, she was Partner and Head of Human Resources at Phillips Consulting Limited, where she implemented performance management frameworks, smart working model and talent development initiatives; she was also a member of the transformation committee responsible for strategy, innovation and business process improvement. At Chapel Hill Denham, she served as Head of Human Capital, driving compensation review, HR process automation, and establishment of the Management Development Program. As Group Head of Human Resources at CardinalStone Partners, she developed and implemented a two-year HR strategy, revamped performance management systems, improved talent acquisition, institutionalized talent development and retention practices, was responsible for driving culture integration and spearheaded HR automation across six subsidiaries.
Before transitioning to HR, Oredolapo held roles in investment management, including Head of Portfolio Management at CardinalStone Partners, where she managed portfolios and developed asset management products. She also worked as an Investment Executive at Custodian and Allied Insurance Plc (now Custodian Investment Plc) and as an Investment Analyst at TVG Asset Management.
Oredolapo is an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management (ACIPM) and the Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers (ACS). She holds an MBA from Lagos Business School and is certified as a Professional in Human Resources – International (PHRi).
