Ayodeji Gbeleyi, MBA(IESE), FCTI, FCA is the Director-General, Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) in Nigeria, the government agency responsible for the reform and optimization of public enterprises. He was previously the Managing Partner/CEO of GA Capital Limited a boutique Financial Advisory Firm. He is an award-winning Chartered Accountant, a Fellow of both the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) and the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria (CITN), an MBA Holder from the University of Navarra (IESE), Spain, Member, Chartered Institute of Directors (CIoD), and a registered Capital Market Operator by the Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC).
He is an alumnus of executive programmes of the prestigious London Business School, Harvard Kennedy School of Government, Wharton School University of Pennsylvania, and Lagos Business School. With over 30 years post qualification and hands-on experience in diverse sectors and multi-cultural work environments including manufacturing, fast-moving consumer goods, investment & commercial banking, project finance, telecoms, infrastructure, and public administration, he has led series of large ticket and complex infrastructure project transactions.
An advisor on Public Finance Management, Project Finance, Regulatory Compliance Matters, and Public-Private Partnership (PPP) projects to both private and public sectors. He undertakes training and capacity building programmes and advocacy in the same space in addition to serving on the Governance and Oversight Boards of certain Privately-Owned Companies, Government Owned Enterprises, Publicly Quoted Companies and an Educational Institution.
He was extensively involved in attracting much-needed Foreign Direct Investments into Nigeria. He led the Finance Team of Vmobile as the Chief Treasury Officer that spearheaded the deal negotiation culminating in the successful raising in 2005 of over US$1.1 Billion project finance - a blockbuster in the annals of Project Finance in Nigeria was voted the “Europe Middle East & Africa (EMEA) Telecoms Deal of the Year 2005” by Project Finance Magazine a publication of Euromoney Institutional Investor Plc, UK. He played a pivotal role in US$1 Billion investment in 2006 for the acquisition of 65% equity stake in Vmobile by Celtel International B.V.
A former Honourable Commissioner for Finance in the Lagos State Government Executive Council. The pioneer Director-General of the PPP Office, Lagos State - the industrial and commercial nerve centre of Nigeria accounting for circa 25% of national GDP.
Chairman, Board of Directors, Northwest Quadrant Development Limited (Alaro City Development FZC in Lekki Free Zone). Previously Chairman, Board of Directors - Axa-Mansard Health Limited, Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria, and Yola Electricity Distribution Company Plc, and served as Member - BusinessDay Editorial Advisory Board, Council Member – Lagos Chamber of Commerce & Industry (LCCI), Chairman Board of Governors, Baptist College of Theology Lagos, Member - Board of Directors Volkswagen of Nigeria, Chairman - Board of Directors Lekki Concession Company Limited (LCC), Member - Statutory Board Audit Committee, Stanbic-IBTC Bank Plc, Director - Med-view Airline Plc, Chairman - Lagos State Mortgage Board (LagosHOMS), Chairman, Board - Development Office, College of Medicine (University of Ibadan), and Member - Lagos Innovation Council.