The co-founder and Deputy Managing Director of VETIVA, one of Nigeria’s leading Capital Management firms, Olaolu Mudashiru, has died.
Mudasiru was killed on Sunday morning by a drunk driver in a hit-and-run accident while cycling with two other persons on the Bourdilion road in the Ikoyi area of Lagos State, Nigeria.
Said to be in his fifties, Mudashiru, was the son of former Lagos State military administrator, late Air Commodore Gbolahan Mudashiru.
Mudasiru was an investment banker with extensive experience covering stockbroking, asset management and other aspects of investment banking activities.
He held an M.B; B.S. Degree from the College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Nigeria; an MSc. in International Securities, Investments and Banking from the ICMA Centre of The University of Reading, UK; and he was an alumnus of the Stanford University Graduate School of Business, United States.
Mudashiru was a Dealing Member of the London Stock Exchange, an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers, Nigeria as well as being a member of the Medical & Dental Council of Nigeria.
He was also a recipient of the Chevening Scholarship, which is granted to ‘mid-career high flyers’ globally by the British Government.
May his soul rest in peace, Amen.