Folayemi Apara

Pragmatic professional with solid experience in leadership roles. Adept at implementing strategic business plans, driving growth and improving operations. Skilled in financial management and stakeholder relations. Collaborative and dedicated to building and leading talented and motivated individuals.

• Treasury knowledge
• Revenue generation and business performance drivers
• O A good understanding of key imperatives in treasury management including Liability generation and assets creation
• Team Work and Leadership
• Developed the ability to work and make projects successful by been a good team player as well as leader.
• Communication and Problem Solving Skills
• Strong verbal and written communication skills developed as a public sector officer in Equity Bank. I also developed good negotiation skill while working with the treasury team which has been further developed with my masters' degree acquisition and my experience as a director in Xray Portal.
• O Good presentation and excellent interpersonal skills developed over the years from both personal and work related activities
• O Developed a "can do" attitude and had the ability to provide solutions to problems from working in treasury and branch operations. Deepened this skill set as well as acquired new problem solving skills within Zenith Bank
• Proven track record for excellence and innovation
• Part of the team that won recognition from the Nigerian Money Market Association as one of the 5 leading treasury units in the Nigeria Banking Sector as it regards local currency trading
• O Increased counterparties trading with the bank (Equity Bank)
• O Member of the Road safety Marshals Volunteers Corp during my national Youth Service Corp(//nysc) year
• Demonstrated ability to successfully liaise with and provide uncommon service to diverse customer base - both individual and corporate

• 2011, 2013, Seton Hall University, M.A Strategic Communication
• 1997, 2000, University of Lagos, Nigeria, BA (Hons). Philosophy
• 1991, 1996, Federal Government Girls College Sagamu, Nigeria, School Certificate of Education

• Zenith Bank Plc, Lagos, Nigeria, Assistant Banking officer to Manager and Team leader Consumer Marketing Adeyemo Alakija Branch Credit and Marketing, Led the team that aggressively grew the branch's balance sheet from N350M to N2.5BN; representing a 460 % growth within 1 year which effectively drove the branch to a total profit position in excess of N130M, Singlehandedly had a balance sheet of over N1.4BN which is over 60% of the branch's balance sheet, Facilitated loans to local Nigerian Companies in conjunction with International companies, Won numerous accounts including such as Infiniti Systems and Jidanette Network with yearly turnover of over N4Billion respectively, Implemented credit analysis and risk asset creation which involved engineering the use of confirmation lines, deferred payment Letters of Credit and Usance Letters of credit for some of my customers who actively engaged in importation of raw materials and machinery thereby helping to lower their cost by as much as 8%p.a on interest rate, Supervised a branch team of 35 staff and was directly responsible for coordinating the marketing team, Generated and rendered weekly and monthly Profit and Loss analysis
• Intercontinental Bank Plc, Lagos, Nigeria, Executive Assistant Public Sector Parastatal, Relationship management and marketing of all levels of Government Sector accounts and their contractors, Identifying and marketing of the different e-payment solutions to the government sector according to their operations, Deployment of various e-banking solutions to the various Government sector for the payment of salaries and payment to contractors, Creation of quality risk assets - from sourcing to presentation at credit committee till pay down, Maintaining a good loan to deposit ratio for the department, Research and identifying key opportunities in the market
• Equity Bank Plc, Lagos, Nigeria, Executive Trainee to Senior Executive Trainee Public Sector Treasury/Revenue Collections, Relationship management and business development on bills collection, Supervision and timely rendition of revenue receipts to customers, Statutory remittance of revenue funds to the different regulatory bodies, Response to customers complaints or operational demands, Managing of Government accounts, bills, collection of state revenue, Customs duty and rendition of returns to the appropriate authorities, Implemented an improvement model to facilitate the monthly reconciliation of the different revenue accounts in the bank
• Equity Bank, Lagos, Nigeria, Executive Training Program, Modules taken include Legal Aspects of Banking, Banking Operations, Treasury foreign and Domestic operations, Corporate Finance, Economics, accounting, Business of banking, Credit Analysis, Presentation Skills, Writing Skills, Trade Finance, Personal Financial Management and computer appreciation
• Alliance and Frontier Limited, Trainee, Generation of contingent liabilities-like performance bond and bid bonds for all levels government contractors, Negotiation, communication and customer relations follow up
• Wema Bank plc, National Youth Service Corporation (NYSC) - BANK OPERATIONS, Paying Customers within minimum turnaround time, Review of overdrawn and loan balances, Western Union Transactions at branch level, Cash register reconciliation and balancing, Monitoring of month-end entries and other entries advised to operations for posting, Effective use of Globus Bank Software for proper financial analysis

• Sports Enthusiast with particular interest in Taekwondo, Lawn Tennis and Volley Ball

• I have a genuine love for theatre. I participated in school plays. Played major roles in some popular plays like “Our Husband Has Gone Mad Again” as well as “Trials of Brother Jero” both by Wole Soyinka

• Enjoy tutoring people in topics and subjects areas I had some knowledge and expertise. I was a placement tutor with my University with regards my department

• Member of the House of Representative for the student board of the university by virtue of the position of Secretary General of my department

• Member of the Red Cross Society of the University Chapter

• I was a Member of AIESEC now an Alumni