Seyi is an accounting graduate from Yaba College of Technology and Oxford Brookes University UK, where he received HND – Accountancy and Finance and BSc – Applied Accounting respectively with flying colours. He is also an Alumni of Lagos State University, Ojo, Lagos, Nigeria, where he bagged a master’s in business administration (MBA) specializing in Financial Management and the University of Leicester, UK, where he bagged an MSc in Finance. Currently pursuing PhD Accounting from Charisma University, Turks and Caicos Islands, British West Indies, UK.

He is a Fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountant of Nigeria (ICAN), Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria (CITN), Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, UK (CIMA), American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, USA (AICPA–The Association), Nigerian Institute of Management (Chartered) (NIM), Institute of Certified Cost Management of Nigeria (ICCMN), Institute of Directors, Nigeria (IoD), The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), UK, The Society for Corporate Governance Nigeria (SFCG) and Association of Forensic Accounting Researchers (AFAR).

Seyi is a seasoned IFRS/IPSAS expert and respected analyst on Corporate Governance and Financial Reporting matters, with over nineteen (19) years of practical training experience spanning virtually across all sections of business endeavour and academics. He has attended several trainings on Auditing, Leadership, Corporate Governance, Strategy, Marketing, Budgeting & Planning, Financial Accounting & Strategic Business Reporting, IFRS, IPSAS and Management in Nigeria (including Lagos Business School – LBS) and overseas. He anchored the IFRS Conversion projects for over 10 major companies in Nigeria and has trained over 25,000 Chartered Accountants at different gatherings both within and outside Nigeria.

He is an International figure recognised for his prowess on IFRS, General Accounting/Reporting and Corporate Governance. He has been privileged to train and work in such places as Segun Adelanwa & Co (Chartered Accountants), ExxonMobil Nigeria Unlimited, PricewaterhouseCoopers (Chartered Accountants), Zenith Bank Plc and MTN Nigeria Communications Limited, where he was the pioneer head of Treasury Operations, the pioneer Technical Accounting Manager (IFRS/IPSAS Specialist) and the Assistant Treasurer, MTN Nigeria Multipurpose Cooperative Society. He was the Senior Financial Operations Manager/Leader, General Electric Company (GE), USA.  He was the team lead of IFRS conversion (implementation) committee in MTN Nigeria, GE Nigeria and IS Internet Solutions and, has been involved in IFRS conversion assignments for major companies in Nigeria.

He was the President of Mustard Seed Investment Club (MUSIC) and President of Professional Accountancy Students’ Society, Yaba College of Technology (PASS), Chairman/General Secretary, Association of Accountancy Tuition Centers of Nigeria (AATC) and Auditor of Magodo Phase1 Gateway Zone CDA, Lagos. He is the current chairman of CIMA UK, Nigeria Branch. He was the Director of Finance (Board Member)/Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of IS InternetSolutions Limited – Nigeria, a subsidiary of Dimension Data (Pty), South Africa (a member of NTT Group Japan) and the Vice President, Finance and Administration, KONGA Online Shopping Limited – The largest online shopping mall in Africa. Seyi was appointed Finance Director & Executive Head of Department – Finance (CFO), Vodacom Business Nigeria, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Vodacom Group, South Africa, also a member of the Vodafone Group, UK. He was also promoted as the Acting Managing Director of the same company. Currently the Country Chief Financial Officer – Mixta Nigeria. 

He is the author and co-author of IFRS Pal – Handy Approach (the first indigenous textbook on IFRS in Nigeria) and Executorship, Trusts, Law and Accounts (ETLA) respectively. Seyi has worked with some professional institutes in developing the student’s study packs and contributed chapters in various textbooks. Seyi was awarded for his outstanding contributions over the years to accountancy development in Nigeria by ACCA, outstanding contribution to the 44th Annual Accountants Conference, as the most outstanding PASS Ambassador by the Professional Accountancy Students’ Society (PASS), Yaba College of Technology and CFO of the Year – Telecoms Category 2016, 2018 & 2019. He is recognized by ICAN as a “Notable ICAN Member”, He has also won several awards on Fraud Detection, Process Improvement, Leadership, Coaching & Mentoring etc. in the companies he has worked. He recently received the Africa Influencer Award 2020.

He is also a co-founder and Executive Chairman of Risk-Free Standard Associates Limited and XeroCube Professional Concepts, the foremost accredited ICAN & ACCA tuition providers. He also sits on the board of many companies as Non-Executive Director.