Kemi Ajumobi 
Toyin F. Sanni
Executive Vice-Chair of Emerging Africa Capital
Toyin F. Sanni stands as the Executive Vice-Chair of Emerging Africa Capital, a distinguished Pan-African Investment Group dedicated to leveraging Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) principles. Through her leadership, the organisation has helped to transform a lot of lives. With investments in trusts and asset management, financial technology, infrastructure finance, capacity building and investment banking, the company is living by their vision, which is to be the leading catalyst for Africa’s emergence as a key global origin and destination for environmental, social and governance focused investments and finance.
Toyin’s influence extends across multiple prestigious boards. She is the Chair of Layer3 Limited, Non-Executive Director at Transnational Corporation Plc, and is a member of Nigeria’s National Advisory Board on Impact Investing (NABII). Furthermore, Toyin is also the Chair of the NABII Committee on the Wholesale Impact Investment Fund (WIIF).
Furthermore, she is the founder and chairperson of Women In Finance Nigeria, and she also founded WIFNG UK—set up to help in providing an avenue to network among women, career development, advocacy and so on. Toyin is Chair of the Technical Committee on Financial Literacy and a member of the Investment Committee for Africa’s Off-Grid Energy Fund (OGEF). She is also an Ambassador for Nigeria at the Africa CEO Forum.
Toyin’s experience in the finance sector includes being an investment banker and business leader. But beyond that, she is a public speaker and someone who loves to share her knowledge for the benefit of others. She does this consistently, especially through her social media pages where she inspires readers with daily nuggets through her chosen word for the day, and elaborates on why the word is her choice.
She has completed the Owner President Management Programme at Harvard Business School, participated in the CEO Programme at the Lagos Business School and other executive programmes at Harvard, Wharton, and IESE Business Schools.
A recipient of various outstanding awards, some include the All Africa Businesswoman of the Year Award 2017 by CNBC/Forbes, Nigerian CEO of the Year 2018 by the Pearl Awards, and the Tech Times African Influencer CEO honours in both 2020 and 2021, and a LinkedIn Top Voice.