Mrs. Funmi Ekundayo has been elected President of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators of Nigeria (ICSAN). She is the first woman to hold the position which has been attributed to excellence and hard work on her part.
A Lawyer by training and a native of Obbo-Aiyegunle town in Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara State, Funmi Ekundayo’s areas of specialization include Corporate Trusteeship, Wealth Management, Business Strategy, and Corporate Governance.
An Alumna of the Harvard Business School, Boston Massachusetts, and member of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries & Administrators, United Kingdom, and Nigeria, she currently serves as the President of Association of Corporate Trustees of Nigeria and she is also a member of the Rules & Compliance Sub-Committee of the Capital Market Committee of the Securities & Exchange Commission.
She holds a Bachelor of Law degree and a Master of Laws degree from the University of Lagos. She is a member of the Nigerian Bar Association and a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries & Administrators of Nigeria (ICSAN) where she serves as a member of the Governing Council and current Chairman of the Law Reform Committee of the Institute.
Funmi began her working career with the reputable Law Firm of Bentley Edu & Co (in association with IRVING & BONNAR), where she spent close to a decade in legal practice. Thereafter she left legal practice for the financial sector when she joined Sterling Asset Management & Trustees Limited (formerly NAL Asset Management & Trustees Limited).
ICSAN’s first female boss also worked in UBA Trustees Limited as Head, Business Development & Marketing prior to joining Skye Trustees Limited as AGM, Business Development, from where she rose to become the MD/CEO of the Company.
She is a member of the Board of Directors of Law Union & Rock Plc in a Non-Executive capacity where she acts as an Independent Director. Funmi is also a Member of the Institute of Directors and an Alumna of the Chief Executive Programme of the Lagos Business School and the IESE Business School, Barcelona, Spain.
In his congratulatory message, the governor of Kwara State, AbdulRahman AbdulRasaq described her track record of excellence as unbeatable.
“We are excited by the election of Mrs. Funmi Ekundayo as the first-ever female president of the prestigious professional body. But her emergence did not come as a surprise; it is a reward for her unbeatable track record of excellence, consistency, and character with which she has blazed the trails over the years,” according to a Government House statement on Sunday.
“On behalf of the people and government of Kwara State, His Excellency the Governor congratulates Mrs Ekundayo on her strides, and for being a pride of Kwara and of the illustrious family of the late Prof. Funsho Adaramola, an authority in international law. This feat again shows clearly that Mrs Ekundayo, herself a consummate lawyer, is indeed a chip off the old block and we are glad to associate with her. We beseech God to continue to guide her, and make her new leadership role a huge success.”
