Adewale Bodude is a Nigerian citizen and a native of Abeokuta in Ogun State and he’s currently the Chief Executive Officer of AOB Enterprise Support Ltd and doubles as the pioneer Chief Executive Officer of Housing Developers’ Cooperative Society Ltd (HDCSL), the first and the only licensed National Primary Housing Cooperative Society in Nigeria; made up of highly dynamic and innovative leading players in the Real Estate Sector of Nigeria.

HDCSL is a consortium that is fully backed by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the World Bank Group with representation in all the geo-political zones and states, with a clear vision and focused business plan to deliver at least One Million (1,000,000) affordable homes in Nigeria over the next ten (10) years for the low and medium income earners with job security.

Until his recent appointment as Chief Executive Officer of two leading companies, he was the General Manager, Finance and Administration of Kohath Investment Group (KIG) and later appointed the Principal Consultant/ Director on Investors’ Relations and Business Development of KIG to date, having worked in conjunction with a number of Development Partners from Europe – the UK and Portugal, Asia – China, Thailand and Malaysia and the USA.

KIG is a wholly owned Nigerian Investment Group with the aim of making significant contribution to the GDP of the nation in its operating sectors. The Group has interests in the Property & Real Estate, Mining, Agriculture and Energy Sectors of the Nigerian economy with total project costs estimated at circa $8.25 Billion.  

Adewale has held various other positions within the Banking Industry specializing in developing and driving New Business Development, International Operations, Retail, Commercial and Public Sector Banking businesses for a number of leading Nigerian Banks amongst which are; Access Bank Plc, Enterprise Bank, First Bank of Nigeria Plc, FCMB Plc, Gateway Bank Plc, Stanbic IBTC, Standard Trust Bank, Unity Bank Plc and Wema Securities & Finance Plc.

He had successfully led a Strategic Team set up by the Executive Management of First Bank of Nigeria Plc (FBN Plc) and also that of  Enterprise Bank to initiate, facilitate and consummate some of the most successful big-ticket transactions in the Banking Sector; the funding of Gas Conversion Project for NAFGAS, a subsidiary of Vitol Oil Trading Company, Geneva, Switzerland at $490m and the funding of one of the largest Tank Farm project in Nigeria for AMG Petro-Energy, Aberdeen, UK at $215m.

As a consummate and successful banker, he was privileged to be part of a “select team” from the top ten banks in Nigeria in 2013, and was appointed as the Secretary of the Sub-Committee on Value Proposition for Foreign Direct Investment, where he served creditably to the satisfaction of all within the Industry.

He’s a consummate and happy family man.