Oyebode Oyegoke - Akande
Lagos, NG
Summary
Experienced leader who has managed Electronic and Digital payment innovations at different organizations and consulted on several startups in the payment industry.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
GM Payments and Fintech Ecosystem
MTN
Johannesburg, South Africa
10.2022 - Current
- Developed and implemented strategies for FinTech ecosystem to improve operational efficiency, customer satisfaction, and profitability.
- Provided guidance regarding strategic decisions impacting long-term plans or objectives of the organization.
- Advised leadership on best practices related to operations management including process re-engineering initiatives.
Head of Group
Interswitch Group
Lagos , Nigeria
03.2022 - 09.2022
- Implemented best practices across the organization in order to improve processes.
- Maintained relationships with external vendors to ensure quality services were delivered.
- Developed creative solutions for complex problems related to day-to-day operations.
- Developed and implemented strategies to optimize operations of the group.
Chief Executive Officer
Vogue Pay
Lagos, Nigeria
09.2020 - 03.2022
- Rolled out the Voguepay 4.0 platform, powered by Microservices, this improved processing success rate to over 80%
- Launched a new product called “Simplified by Voguepay” a multi-channel payment platform for online and offline merchant collections.
- Implemented a Last mile payment service and have processed over N15Bn in transactions for merchants
- Lead the development and implementation of the organization’s overall strategy
- Participated in industry-related events that enhanced he organization's reputation
- Carrying out periodic reviews to ensure the organization’s goals are on track
Head, Digital Cash & Channel Management
SunTrust Banks Inc
Lagos, Nigeria
12.2018 - 09.2020
- Led digital transformation across the bank, identifying and rectifying inefficiencies, establishing a targeted team to create and document automated process improvements.
- Launched the new SunTrust Omnichannel Digital Platform that has customer interface via Mobile apps, Internet Banking and USSD.
- Launched a Digital payment sandbox called “Trustpay” (https://trustpay.suntrustng.com/) a ready-made Open Banking platform that allows merchants and fintech’s carry out payment, collections, lending, verification
etc. with more services added on a continuous basis. - Grew POS collections by over 500% via strategic merchant partnership
- Launched instant account opening on the bank’s digital platform
- Launched instant account opening for traditional accounts and non-interest banking customers on the banks USSD platform *5230#
- Instituted the direct sales agent policy and recruited the DSA to drive sales
- Partnered Interswitch IFIS utilising their agent locations to service the banks customers
Head, Card Business
Ecobank
Lagos, Nigeria
07.2013 - 08.2018
- Implemented the Card4Prizes promo which focused on card usage sensitization, it grew card usage on all channels by over 300%
- Grew the Banks card base from 1.9M to 4.7M cards
- Launched the first ever point based loyalty programme for the bank
- Implemented the Banks Massterpass and Mvisa QR Codes
- Launched Corporate, Gold and Platinum card variants for both Mastercard and VISA and issuance of Priority pass cards
- Launched the Foreign currency debit cards in EURO, GBP and USD
- Launched the Banks Prepaid card in 2 currencies NGN and USD
- Implemented the 2 Factor Authentication service for all card schemes i.e.,Safetoken for Verve, Verified by Visa and SecureCode for MasterCard
- Implemented the optional migration of the Card 2 Factor Authentication from soft token to Hard token
- Implemented the Banks Card fraud monitoring solution and set up a 24/7 fraud monitoring team.
- Partnered with Verve to roll out the issuance of Verve e-Cash
Head, Mobile Banking and Payments
Mainstreet Bank
Lagos, Nigeria
05.2009 - 01.2012
- Implemented the eTranzact Corporate Pay Platform in the Bank
- Implemented the Bank’s Payment and collection platform
- Rolled out the first set of Cash out cards for mobile money operators
- Implemented the Nigerian Immigration Service new collection platform “Pay4me”
- Implemented the Abuja Metropolitan Management Council billings platform
Product Manager, Virtual Channels Unit
Bank PHB
Lagos, Nigeria
03.2008 - 05.2009
- Implemented the first Mobile Banking platform with Interswitch
- Led project planning sessions to map out timelines for feature releases.
- Developed product roadmaps to help guide the development of new products.
Education
Master of Science - Global Consumer Marketing
University of Liverpool
United Kingdom05-2008
Bachelor of Science - Statistics
University of Ibadan
Nigeria11-2004
Skills
- Mobile Banking
- Payments
- Internet Banking
- Business Strategy
- Lean Six Sigma
- Corporate Communications
- Marketing expertise
- Business Analysis
- Organizational Development
- Staff Training and Development
- Human Resources Management
Certification
- edX Verified Certificate for Platform Strategy for Business
- Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt
Accomplishments
- Customer Service Champion 2012/2013 Financial Year
Timeline
GM Payments and Fintech Ecosystem
MTN
10.2022 - Current
Head of Group
Interswitch Group
03.2022 - 09.2022
Chief Executive Officer
Vogue Pay
09.2020 - 03.2022
Head, Digital Cash & Channel Management
SunTrust Banks Inc
12.2018 - 09.2020
Head, Card Business
Ecobank
07.2013 - 08.2018
Head, Mobile Banking and Payments
Mainstreet Bank
05.2009 - 01.2012
Product Manager, Virtual Channels Unit
Bank PHB
03.2008 - 05.2009
Master of Science - Global Consumer Marketing
University of Liverpool
Bachelor of Science - Statistics
University of Ibadan
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