Executive Secretary and Chief Executive Officer of the Association; responsible for the day-to-day management of the Secretariat and execution of the Governing Council’s decisions.

Mr. Fisayo Fatade is the Executive Secretary/CEO of the Financial Markets Dealers Association.

Mr. Fatade is a seasoned financial markets expert with over 20 years of experience in the banking industry. He has a deep understanding of the Nigerian financial markets, having worked in various capacities, including Banking Operations, Treasury Operations and International Trade Finance.

Prior to now, he worked with Stanbic IBTC Bank Plc, Union Bank Plc and Private Trust & Investment in various senior management positions. He provided overall strategic leadership and management bank-wide as Head of Operations, Trade Finance; Head of Treasury Operations and Head of Foreign Operations respectively. Before joining the Association, he worked at Business Kinetics Ltd as a Managing Partner.

His experience in a senior management position provided him the opportunity to implement some initiatives which were engendered to enhance quality customer experience. These includes the Treasury operations & Trade Finance process improvement & automation; risk and control effectiveness; governance processes; exceptional service delivery; efficiencies and productivity and cost optimization and vibrant stakeholder partnership.

He played a vital role in reviewing and updating the current Foreign exchange manual for CBN and was a member of the Steering committee for the automation of electronic Certificate of Capital Importation (e-CCI).