Team Details

Funkola Odeleye is a legal practitioner with a breadth of experience in legal advisory, compliance, operations and technology. She has a Masters in Finance and Financial Law from SOAS, University of London in addition to her LLB from the Lagos State University and BL from the Nigerian Law School. She is a Cartier Women’s Initiative 2020 Fellow, 2019 Obama Africa Leader, 2019 Sub-Saharan winner and Global Finalist of the Entrepreneurial Award of the British Council Study UK Alumni Award, 2019 Africa 35 under 35 Laureate and a 2015 Innovating Justice Fellow of The Hague Institute for the Innovation of Law (HiiL). Funkola has also been recognised as 1 of 5 business leaders whose work significantly impacts their countries’ economies by the Reykjavík Global Forum and has been celebrated as one of the Inspiring Women 2022 by World Commerce and Contracting. Funkola enjoys cooking and sudoku in her spare time.