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Lekan Akindele has many years of international banking and risk management experience that spans payments, trade finance, liquidity risk, capital and Asset Liability Management, and Enterprise Risk Management. He has expertise in designing enterprise risk frameworks for linking risk to strategy and implementing risk appetite frameworks around core risk concepts such as risk aggregation methods, risk capital adequacy measures, model risk governance, emerging risk frameworks, key risk indicators, and risk control assessments. He enjoys teaching as a passion and uses his risk knowledge to facilitate discussions on practical risk management approaches to inspire strategic thought leadership. Lekan holds a Master of Finance degree from the Queen’s University – Smith School of Business. He is a CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) charter holder and holds the GRMI’s CRM (Canadian Risk Management) designation alongside other professional certifications including ISO 27001 Information Security Management System – Lead Implementer Professional Certification, and the PRMIA – Operational Risk Management certification. He is currently the Director of Enterprise Risk Management at American Express in Canada.
Dr. Dennis Edogun is a dynamic and results-oriented professional known for his energy, communication skills, and dedication to fostering intellectual development. With a diverse academic background in engineering, business management, and asset management, he obtained his doctoral degree from California Intercontinental University, focusing on entrepreneurship’s role in addressing youth unemployment and poverty. Additionally, Dennis holds an MBA from the University of Leicester and a master of technology in chemical engineering from the Rivers State University of Science and Technology, Nigeria.
With over two decades in the oil and gas sector, Dennis transitioned to education in Canada in 2019. Until August 2023, he served as a full-time faculty member at Saskatchewan Polytechnic, developing curricula and teaching Risk Management courses. Joining Conestoga College in September 2023, Dennis is now a Professor of Supply Chain Management. Dennis’s research centers on leveraging entrepreneurship to combat unemployment and enhance the economy. He explores how robust supply chain management can augment entrepreneurial endeavors, emphasizing the role of risk management in organizational value enhancement.