Alhaji Moriwiyu Olukayode Bakare was born on the 21st February 1970 in Lagos to the family of Alhaji and Alhaja Musediku Abiodun Bakare of Atiba town in Odogbolu Local Government Area of Ogun State.

He attended Sanni Luba Nursery/Primary School, Ijebu-Ode before proceeding to Luba Comprehensive High School, Ijebu-Ode for his college education. Alhaji M.O. Bakare is an Economics graduate from Ogun State University, Ago-Iwoye (Now Olabisi Onabanjo University) where he was a Mobil Oil Nigeria Plc Scholar and M.SC degree in Economics from University of Ibadan, Ibadan 1995.

He also holds ACI Dealing Certificate (Distinction) of the Financial Markets Association, Paris France. He is an Honorary Senior Member of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (HCIB).

An experienced professional with over 20 years experience in Nigerian Banking industry and varied experiences in financial services and academia – market risk management, assets trading (interest rates, fixed income and currencies), global trade as well as treasury and balance sheet management.

He has undertaken several courses on Fixed Income and portfolio management, Bourse Game, Foreign Exchange and Derivatives, Advanced Capital Market program including structured products from reputable institutions such as New York Institute of Finance, USA, Euromoney, CITI Bank and ICAP, South Africa as well as Digital transformation at IMD, Lausanne, Switzerland. He facilitates regularly for Financial Institutions Training Center (FITC) 0n financial markets/product, Treasury management and Treasury risk management.

His professional career has taken him through such institutions like Ogun State University (Now Olabisi Onabanjo University) Ago-Iwoye where he was a Lecturer in the Department of Banking & Finance.

He started his Banking career at EcoBank Nigeria Plc where he resigned as Head, Foreign Currency (FCY) Trading having worked in Treasury Group, Strategy and Consumer Banking Group; Diamond Bank Nigeria Plc and Diamond Bank du Republic of Benin (where he was a member of Asset & Liability Management Committee and at various times deputized for the Treasurer.

He was also the pioneer Country Treasurer, Diamond Bank du Republic of Benin); Societe Generale Nigeria Limited (Now Heritage Bank Nigeria); HSLM Trust & Associates Limited (Investment Holdings & Advisory Services Company) where he served as Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer; United Bank for Africa (UBA); and thereafter Intercontinental Bank Plc ( Now Access Bank of Nigeria) where he was for almost 3 years the Group Executive, Market Risk Management responsible for identifying and managing Interest Rate Risk, Exchange Rate Risk, Liquidity Risk as well as Equity price risk across the group.

Between June 2003 and June 2004, he was the Special Assistant on Economic Affairs to the Executive Governor of Kwara State responsible for Due Process with respect to Contract and essential services pricing.

During his banking career, he served on various Committees and acquired strong financial/currency analysis and risk management skills from his exposure to multicurrency and multicultural institutions through international trade and finance, asset and liability management, currency trading and money market operations.

Alhaji M.O. Bakare a member of the prestigious Ikoyi Club 1938 is presently a General Manager responsible for Treasury & Global Trade Group at Wema Bank Plc.

His interests include Islamic development, financial markets education, community empowerment/development and sports. Alhaji Bakare is happily married and blessed with children.