CRC Management Team

Dr Ahmed Babatunde Popoola is a Nigerian banker, accountant, economist, entrepreneur, and business executive. He has over thirty years of cumulative work experience spanning the public and the private sectors of the Nigerian economy. He has been the Managing Director/CEO of CRC Credit Bureau Limited since its establishment in 2008. Prior to this, he was also the pioneer CEO of the Abuja Enterprise Agency (AEA). Before then, he was in the banking industry where he rose to the position of the Chief Finance Officer (CFO) and General Manager of a publicly listed bank. He is at the forefront of the development of the nascent credit reporting system in Nigeria and Africa. Dr Popoola holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University), Nigeria, two master’s degrees in Banking & Finance and Economics from the University of Lagos, Nigeria and a PhD in Finance from WITS Business School, University of The Witwatersrand, South Africa. He is an alumnus of the prestigious Lagos Business School (LBS)’s Senior Management Programme (SMP 12) and the Wharton Business School’s Advanced Management Programme (AMP 67). He has also attended executive education programmes at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government and the Harvard Business School, the International Management and Development (IMD), Switzerland and the Kellogg School of Management. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) and seven other professional bodies. He holds several awards and recognitions especially for his role in entrepreneurship, business management, finance, and youth empowerment. He is also a proud recipient of a special Ministerial recognition and commendation for his innovation and promotion of youth enterprise in the FCT.

Ademola led the team that set up CRC Credit Bureau Limited’s infrastructure/solution in 2008; He was also charged with the responsibility of ensuring that the company obtained the bureau operating certification/license from the Central Bank of Nigeria at inception; He is currently the General Manager in charge of the Operations & Technology function of the organization. His experience spans over twenty-eight (28) years in the field of Consulting (Strategy and Business Process Design), Technology (Design, Implementation & Management), Financial Auditing, Business Development and General Management working for the following organizations: PriceWaterhouse, TELNET, Accenture, HEIRS Technologies & Systems Limited, Transnational Corporation of Nigeria Plc and CRC Credit Bureau Limited. Part of his work experience was in the Oil & Gas industry where he spent about three and a half years working (on contract from TELNET) for Nigerian Agip Oil Company Limited and Chevron Nigeria Limited providing technology support services. He obtained a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering (Second Class Upper Division) from the University of Lagos (in 1992) and a master’s in business administration with specialization in management from Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT) (in 2000). He is an alumnus of the Lagos Business School (LBS) following the completion of the Advanced Management Program (AMP) in 2015 and attended a leadership program at Kellogg School of Management (Northwestern University) in November 2019. He obtained a Credit and Credit Risk Analysis Professional Certificate from New York Institute of Finance (NWIF) in September 2020 and completed an “Executive Data Science” specialization course organized by John Hopkins University in October 2020. He has a certification in Information Technology Service Management (ITSM). He is a Project Management Professional (PMP) a member of the Project Management Institute (PMI) Lagos Chapter.

Ezekiel is the Head, Audit Risk & Compliance of CRC Credit Bureau Limited. He holds a Bachelors degree from the University of Benin and Masters in Business Administration with specialization in Finance from the Manchester Business School; He is a member of the Information System Audit and Control Association; He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) and trained with Deloitte & Touche. Ezekiel has over twenty five (25) years experience providing a wide range of services to various organizations in the areas of internal control and risk management, financial audit, and advisory services. He has gained vast and vital experience in all aspects of special investigation assignments (including fraud and management performance assessment, conduct of due diligence work for merger and acquisition), and advisory services (such as review, design and implementation of control processes and procedures).

Jelilat Kareem is the Head, Finance & Corporate Services at CRC Credit Bureau Limited where she is responsible for the company’s Finance, Administration, Human Resources, statutory/regulatory matters, and Corporate Services. Jelilat holds a Bachelor’s degree in Agricultural Economics from the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile – Ife, Nigeria and a Master’s degree in Economics from the University of Lagos. She is a Fellow of the Association of Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) United Kingdom, and a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN). She is also a registered finance professional at the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria (FRC). She has attended various programs including the Advanced Financial Modelling program at FSMD UK, the Senior Management Program of the Lagos Business School (LBS) and executive education at Wharton, University of Pennsylvania, United States. Her over 21 years work experience traverse various sectors of the financial services industry. During this period, she has gained vast and vital experience in start-up management, accounting and finance, treasury management, credit & risk management, strategy, human resources management, governance & corporate services including systems/policy formulation and analysis.

Peggy is the Head Business Development responsible for expanding the bureau business and managing relations among the bureau members. She holds both a Bachelors of Arts and Master of Arts degrees in English Language from University of Lagos, Akoka, Lagos State. She is an alumna of the Lagos Business School (LBS) and also holds a Msc Human Resources Management & Development degree from University of Leicester, United Kingdom. She has over 17 years work experience in the financial service industry, where she has gained vast experience in banking operations, relationship management, quality management, team building and has facilitated at several customer service monitoring and evaluation sessions.