Primary Job Title Chief Operating Officer Primary Organization Axxela
Location Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria Regions Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) Gender Male
Investor Type Investor Stage
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Rasheed’s career kicked off in 1988 with Arthur Andersen where he qualified as a chartered accountant. He later moved into the banking sector where his stellar performance saw him pioneering game-changing initiatives across the industry, in an executive capacity, with Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB), United Bank for Africa (UBA) and later as the Managing
Director of Bank of Industry (BOI).
Rasheed joined Axxela in 2019 as the Chief Operating Officer, bringing with him outstanding commercial experience that cuts cross expansion strategies, infrastructural development and organisational profitability.
Rasheed has a First Class Honours degree in Civil Engineering from Obafemi Awolowo University and an MBA from IESE Business School.

