Biography

Oguche Agudah currently manages the newly established Pan African Fund Managers Association (PAFMA)- a platform that aggregates pension and non-pension fund managers in Africa.

He is also the founder of HRISP partners, a placement agent and an alternative investment advisory firm.

He was the pioneer CEO of the Pension Fund Operators Association of Nigeria (PenOp), the industry body for all licensed pension funds in Nigeria.
In this role, he led the efforts of the pension industry in engaging various stakeholders, including the government, financial markets, the media, regulators, international organizations and others in order to ensure that the interests of the pension operators were promoted and protected.

He was previously Nigeria’s Regional Director for OurCrowd, a crowd funding, impact investment and venture capital firm with headquarters in Israel. He also previously worked as a Special Adviser to Nigeria’s Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, where his portfolio was “Access to Finance”.

He also worked in Standard Chartered bank for 15 years, where he had roles in financial control, credit, origination and client coverage, risk, corporate finance and strategy. Whilst in Standard Chartered, he had short term assignments in South Africa and London, working in Credit Risk, and Corporate Finance. His last role there was as an Associate Director in their Lagos office, where he was in charge of the credit quality of a portfolio of assets worth USD 7 billion dollars.

He is a fellow of the Chartered Instituted of bankers (FCIB), Chartered Institute of stockbrokers (FCS) and the Certified Pension Institute (FCPIN). He is also a member of the Chartered Institute of Directors. He is currently a member of the Nigerian National Advisory Board for Impact Investments, under the Global Steering Group for Impact Investments (GSG). He is an Independent Non-Executive Director for GT Pensions Limited. He is also a founding Governing Council member of Pan African Fund Managers Association (PAFMA).