Gbenga Ajayi
Directeur/Membre du Conseil chez Grace Health Sweden AB
Profil
Gbenga is a partner at QED focusing on Africa investments as part of the international team.
Gbenga has spent his career working across fintech/tech and Africa in a variety of roles from product development to growth to marketing to partnerships.
He has had experience working across Africa, Europe and the U.S.
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Prior to joining QED, Gbenga was co-founder of Kanza Ventures, a boutique seed investment and advisory firm focused on fintech in Africa.
Before that, Gbenga was product director for SMB growth at Wise (formerly TransferWise), a global cross-border remittance fintech.
Prior to that, he was head of strategic partnerships at Revolut, Europe’s biggest neo-bank, managing teams responsible for product integrations such as Xero, Quickbooks and Expedia.
Previously, Gbenga spent six years at Google in a variety of roles from managing telecom industry partnerships and strategy in Africa to leading Google’s mobile app business and strategy with clients spread for different companies from banking to travel to e-commerce companies across Nigeria, Kenya and South Africa.
He was also a product partnerships lead in Europe and Africa where he worked on localizing Google Search in Africa and launched Google Events Search in Germany, the U.K., Spain and France.
Gbenga is passionate about the tech ecosystem and mentors many founders, especially in Africa.
He is a global advisory board member for Antler, a global startup accelerator, co-organizer for Stockholm Tech Fest and also a fellow of the Nigeria Leadership Initiative.
Gbenga is completing his Executive MBA at London Business School and received his Bachelor of Science degree in economics from Obafemi Awolowo University in Nigeria.
Gbenga is fluent in both English and Yoruba and has a basic working knowledge of Swedish.
He is based in London.
Postes actifs de Gbenga Ajayi
Sociétés | Poste | Début |
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QED Investors LLC
QED Investors LLC Investment ManagersFinance QED Investors LLC (QED Investors) is a venture capital firm founded in 2007 by Frank Rotman, Caribou Honig and Nigel William Morris. The firm is headquartered in Virginia, US. | Private Equity Investor | 01/01/2022 |
Grace Health Sweden AB
Grace Health Sweden AB Medical/Nursing ServicesHealth Services Grace Health Sweden AB operates outpatient center. The company was founded by Estelle Joubert Westling and Therese Mannheimer and is headquartered in Nacka, Sweden. | Directeur/Membre du Conseil | 01/11/2019 |
Anciens postes connus de Gbenga Ajayi
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Wise & Co. Ltd.
Wise & Co. Ltd. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Wise & Co. Ltd. provides accounting and business consulting services. It offers accounts and audit, bookkeeping, business and management consultancy, company secretarial services, cost management, fee protection tax investigation, financial services, forensic accounting, information technology services, and payroll services. The company was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in Farnham, the United Kingdom. | Private Equity Investor | 01/07/2021 |
Formation de Gbenga Ajayi
London Business School | Masters Business Admin |
Obafemi Awolowo University | Undergraduate Degree |
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Wise & Co. Ltd.
Wise & Co. Ltd. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Wise & Co. Ltd. provides accounting and business consulting services. It offers accounts and audit, bookkeeping, business and management consultancy, company secretarial services, cost management, fee protection tax investigation, financial services, forensic accounting, information technology services, and payroll services. The company was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in Farnham, the United Kingdom. | Commercial Services |
QED Investors LLC
QED Investors LLC Investment ManagersFinance QED Investors LLC (QED Investors) is a venture capital firm founded in 2007 by Frank Rotman, Caribou Honig and Nigel William Morris. The firm is headquartered in Virginia, US. | Finance |
Grace Health Sweden AB
Grace Health Sweden AB Medical/Nursing ServicesHealth Services Grace Health Sweden AB operates outpatient center. The company was founded by Estelle Joubert Westling and Therese Mannheimer and is headquartered in Nacka, Sweden. | Health Services |