Hybrid: Digital Founders Lounge - EMBRACE SG

Dr. Olusiji Sanya

Discover the secrets of start-up and experienced founders success at the Digital Tech Founders Lounge presented by BCS EMBRACE. Hear first-hand from tech innovators about launching their ventures, securing funding and overcoming obstacles in their journey. Join us for an evening of invaluable insights and networking opportunities.

Olusiji Sanya is an experienced economist with strong commercial acumen and a good understanding of policy, financial market instruments and fundamentals. He is a co-founder and has been Chief Financial Officer at Tranzfar since inception in 2017.

He is responsible for generating economic and market projections for business decisions and leads Tranzfar's trading and financial strategy. Tranzfar is a UK based financial technology company with operations across 100 countries. Olusiji is also the chairman of the board of directors of Orisun Microfinance Bank, Nigeria. Olusiji joined Goldman Sachs in 2011 as an economist focusing on commodities markets.

In 2012, he was appointed consultant on public finance management to the Commonwealth Secretariat where he worked on aid effectiveness across member states and produced a technical report which was presented to the relevant UK parliamentary committee. Olusiji holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Covenant University (Nigeria), a Master’s in International Finance from the University of Essex and a Doctorate in Economics and Finance from the University of London. He won the Black British Business Award (Financial Services Rising Star) in 2019.

His other interests revolve around reading biographies, cycling, politics/governance and people development.

Our events are for adults aged 16 years and over.

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COVID-19

BCS is following government guidelines, and we would ask attendees to continue to follow these guidelines:

England: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/

Scotland: https://www.gov.scot/coronavirus-covid-19/

Wales: https://www.gov.wales/coronavirus

Northern Ireland: https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/ireland

THIS EVENT IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY:

BCS EMBRACE specialist group

Visit https://www.bcs.org/membership-and-registrations/member-communities/embrace-specialist-group/

and

BCS Entrepreneurs specialist group

Visit https://www.bcs.org/membership-and-registrations/member-communities/entrepreneurs-specialist-group/

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, 25 Copthall Ave, London, United Kingdom