Kayode Akindele

Kayode graduated with a BA Hons Degree in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics from the University of Oxford in 2001. He began his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) in London as an Audit & Assurance Associate in the Banking & Capital Markets division and then at Lloyds Banking Group as a Manager/Associate Director in the Risk Solutions Team within the Financial Markets Division.

In 2006, he assumed the role of Vice President/Assistant General Manager in UBA Global Markets (now United Capital) in Lagos, initially to head the Sales & Structuring Team, then heading the Capital Markets, M&A and Structuring teams. As a Co-Founder and Partner in TIA Capital, a pan-African focused investment firm, a credit fund was successfully raised and invested under the UK FCA-regulated 46 Parallels brand, which was a joint venture with a UK-based family office.

Since 2015, TIA Capital has invested over $500m in the Sub-Saharan African region as a sub-advisor to a large global multistrategy fund, as well as advising other clients on their investments in the region. Since 2023, he has run Coronation Capital, the private markets arm of the Coronation Group, with his responsibilities overseeing investments for the TenGen Family offices as well