Olalekan Akinyanmi

Olalekan (Lekan) Akinyanmi is the Founder and CEO of LEKOIL Nigeria Limited, an Africa-focused oil and gas exploration and production company he established in 2010. He is also Founder and Chairman of Cambridge Growth Partners, an investment firm focused on natural resources, mining, and agriculture. With over 30 years of experience in the oil and gas industry, Akinyanmi previously served as International Energy Sector Head at Alliance Bernstein L.P. in New York, managing a $1 billion Energy and Natural Resources portfolio. Earlier in his career, he worked as Associate Director at UBS Investment Research and held engineering and operational roles at Schlumberger across Nigeria, Egypt, Pakistan, Oman, and Scotland. He earned a Bachelor of Science with First Class Honors in Electronic and Electrical Engineering from Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria, and an MBA from MIT Sloan School of Management.