
Samuel is a professional Accountant and has a B.Sc. degree in Accounting with “second class (upper) Honours” from the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. He is an Associate Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria, Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria, Nigerian Institute of Management (Chartered), and Chartered Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Nigeria.
Prior to joining Ibile Holdings Limited, Samuel had over 4 years of accounting, finance and auditing experience. He started his Accounting career in December 1995 with Solanke & Co. (Chartered Accountants) as Audit Trainee during service year and as a Trainee Accountant after the service year in April 1997. He was employed as an Internal Auditor in Crown Trust Limited Ibadan from June 1997 to December 1998 and was posted to Femo (W.A.) Limited (Manufacturing arm of Crown Trust Limited) as an Accountant in January 1999.
He joined Ibile Holdings Limited in the Finance & Treasury department in February 2001. In December 2005, he was transferred to Enterprise & Financial Support Co. Ltd (a subsidiary co. of IHL) to manage their accounting functions and in February 2006 he was reinstated back to Ibile Holdings Limited in the Finance & Treasury Department. He has had various stints in the Company’s subsidiaries (Corporate Finance & IHL Ventures). From May 2009, he was redeployed to head the Internal Audit department of Ibile Holdings Limited. In February 2018, he was moved from Internal Audit Department to head the Finance & Accounts Department of the Company. He was promoted to the position of Senior Manager in October 2019.