Managing Director (Training)
Lekan LAJIDE is a financial crime risk advisor and professional trainer holding proven history of delivering global scale projects for multinational financial institutions. Selective projects include policy gap analysis, enterprise risk assessments, financial crime advisory projects and design of bespoke financial crime training modules for global investment banks and delivered across Europe, UAE and Africa.
External faculty member of Zenith Professional Training, London, UK, delivering training across jurisdictions. Public speaker as Subject Matter Expert on financial crime compliance and risk assessment.
Lekan LAJIDE is a seasoned banker with over 22 years of professional experience. He started his bank career with the bank examination department of Central Bank of Nigeria, before he joined Zenith Bank Plc, Nigeria. Lekan worked with Accenture (UK) Ltd, from where he was seconded to Accenture Belgium to lead a remediation project with BNP Paribas Bank, France. In this role, Lekan supported the bank’s business by enhancing connectivity with clients in the region, leading and advising business leaders on various business projects and transactions. Upon successful completion of France project, he joined corporate and investment bank arm of BNP Paribas Bank, London as a consultant. In addition, he worked briefly with Marex, (a global energy, commodity, and financial markets company) as Team Lead Quality Assurance, Financial Crime.
Lekan has over 22 years’ experience as Senior Financial crime advisor and consultant to financial services, businesses, as a subject matter expertise in Anti-Money laundering, sanctions, Compliance, Risk Management.