Management Team
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GBENGA OLANIYAN
GBENGA OLANIYAN
Gbenga is a qualified Estate Surveyor and Valuer. A graduate of the University of Lagos, he left the Institution with a B.Sc. (Hons) Estate Management in 1987.
After having some pre-qualification experience in the real estate world, he worked for Fox and Company (Estate Surveyors and Valuers) between October 1987 and November 1992 and resigned as a Senior Estate Surveyor. He had a brief stint with Rainbow Home Savings and Loans Limited (Mortgage Bankers) from December 1992 to April 1993 as the Assistant General Manager (Estate) after which he resigned to pioneer Estate Links Ltd and Gbenga Olaniyan & Associates.
He is presently the Chairman, Board of Directors of Estate Links Limited (International real estate Consultants). Estatelinks Limited is the international arm of the real estate practice with offices in Surrey, England; Philadelphia, USA and affiliates in South Africa.
He is a past member of the national MCPD committee of the Nigerian institution of estate surveyors and valuers as well as having been a past member of the Professional Practice Committee.
He is a Fellow of Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors & Valuers (NIESV); Fellow, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), International Institute of Rating and Revenue Valuation (U.K); the International Real Estate Institute (IREI) USA, and the International Real Estate Federation (FIABCI).
Gbenga is regularly invited to corporate events to speak on real estate and construction, the most notable being the Africa Day at the London Business school and Harvard Business School respectively where he was a guest speaker and given a rating of “outstanding” by the African students of the institution (2012). He has attended several executive courses over the years including the Lagos Business School for the chief executive programme, the University of Liverpool, UK, for his MBA, the Harvard Business School, Boston USA.
JOE QUINONES
JOE QUINONES
OLUBIYI AYODEJI
OLUBIYI AYODEJI
YEMI STEPHENS
YEMI STEPHENS
DAPO AWOSIKA
DAPO AWOSIKA
Dapo is the company secretary and legal adviser and has been on the board of Estate Links Ltd since inception in 1993.
His working career started with the Legal Aid Council and subsequently Wole Olufon & Co, Olu Akinnuoye Agbaje & Co and Uche Nwokedi & Co.
He is a member of Nigerian Bar Association, International bar Association, Negotiation & Conflict Management Group and Christian Lawyers Fellowship of Nigeria (CLASFON).
BOLARINWA OLANIYAN
BOLARINWA OLANIYAN
Bolarinwa Olaniyan is the Manager for International Markets at Estate Links Limited & the Co- Director of Estate Links International Limited in the United Kingdom.
He is an alumnus of the University of Reading and Loughborough University, UK where he bagged B.Sc. in Real Estate & MSc in Business Management respectively.
Before assuming his current role, Bolarinwa was a Sales Associate at Africa’s largest urban developers – Rendeavour and actively contributed to the success story of their first ever urban city development in Nigeria, Alaro City.
With over 5 years of experience in international Real Estate, Bolarinwa currently oversees the sales, purchase, letting, management & refurbishment projects within the UK and works hand-in-glove with other international Partners.
He is very passionate about sustainable & affordable housing developments and would one day like to deepen these initiatives within the Nigerian market.
OLAITAN OLAOYE
OLAITAN OLAOYE
Olaitan Olaoye is the Manager in charge of the Project Management and Business Development units at the firm. He oversees a portfolio of properties and construction projects within and outside Lagos State.
Prior to joining Estatelinks, he had a stint at Environ Sahat Consultancy, a construction company in Oyo State, as well as at Olalekan Aboderin Consulting in Ikeja, Lagos, where he specialized in corporate letting, construction management, and appraisal.
Olaitan is a graduate of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, where he graduated with First Class Honours in Estate Management and was the valedictorian of the Department of Estate Management and the Faculty of Environmental Design and Management, with numerous awards for academic excellence and prizes.
He is an Associate Member of the Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers and currently a member of the Research and Development Sub-committee of the Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers, Lagos State Branch.
IFEANYI ONYEOCHA
IFEANYI ONYEOCHA
Ifeanyi Onyeocha is the Chief Financial Officer of the firm and oversees all fund investments, taxation, auditing, and statutory obligations of the firm. Before joining the company in 2008 as an Account Officer, Ifeanyi worked in the Oil and Gas and Advertising sectors.
Over the course of his career, he has had numerous engagements with the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Lagos Inland Revenue Service (LIRS), Special Control Unit Against Money Laundering (SCUML), among other regulatory bodies (both local and foreign) on behalf of both the firm and its clients.
He has a Diploma in Accounting from the University of Benin, Edo State and a Bachelor’s in Accounting from the Lagos State University, Ojo, Lagos.
An ardent believer in constant learning, Ifeanyi has attended various seminars, conferences and programmes covering his profession, business management, leadership, etc.