About Us

CardinalStone Capital Advisers (“CCA”) is a West African Private Equity investor with a  mandate to nurture SMEs to become leaders in high growth sectors

Our People

The CCA team has been together for over a decade, investing in and building businesses across West Africa’s evolving emerging markets

Partner

Yomi Jemibewon

Yomi is a Managing Director at CCA, and brings to the role close to two decades of experience from a background in investing and management consulting.

Prior to CCA, Yomi co-founded CardinalStone Partners, and led the Principal Investments Division. Before this, he was a Vice President at Avante Capital in Lagos, and a strategy consultant with Bain & Company in New York.

Yomi holds an MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and a B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from Virginia Tech.

Partner

Femi Ogunjimi

Femi is a Managing Director at CCA, and brings to the role close to two decades of experience from a background in investment banking and investing.

Prior to CCA, Femi co-founded CardinalStone Partners and served as CEO, as well as head of the Investment Banking Division. Prior to this, he was a Vice President in the investment banking division of Goldman Sachs in New York, and an Associate with PwC in Lagos.

Femi holds an MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and a B.Sc. in Accounting from the University of Lagos.

Partner

Shirley Somuah

Shirley is a Partner on the investment team at CCA, where she focuses on the breadth of the investment and value addition cycle. She has over a decade of experience across management consulting and investing.

Prior to CCA, Shirley was a Vice President on the Principal Investments team at CardinalStone Partners, and a management consultant with Oliver Wyman in New York and Dubai.

Shirley holds an MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a BSc. in Management Science and Engineering from Stanford University.

Vice President

Tunji Sekoni

Tunji is a Vice President at CCA, where he focuses on the end-to-end investment and value addition process. He has over 10 years’ experience in Deal Advisory.

Prior to CCA, Tunji was a Manager in Deal Advisory at KPMG in Lagos, and a finance analyst at The Coca Cola Company in Lagos.

Tunji has a B.Sc. in Accounting from Covenant University.

Vice President

Temidayo Osunsade

Temidayo is a Vice President at CCA where he leads the operations team on the assessment and delivery of value addition initiatives for prospective and active portfolio companies.

Prior to CCA, Temidayo was head of commercial and business intelligence at Transport Services Limited (TSL), Nigeria’s leading provider of customized logistics services, and before that spent 10 years in the Management Consulting unit of KPMG.

Temidayo holds a Masters in Public and International Affairs from the University of Lagos and a Bachelor of Pharmacy degree from Obafemi Awolowo University. He is also a CFA Charter holder.

Vice President

Folashade Dapo

Folashade is a Vice President at CCA, and heads the Legal & Investor Relations unit, advising on transaction structures and due diligence for different investments. She has over 10 years’ experience in corporate law and private equity.

Prior to CCA, Folashade was a Legal Counsel at the Asset and Resource Management holding company (ARM) in Lagos, and an Associate at Udo-Udoma and Belo-Osagie (UUBO) in Lagos.

Folashade holds an LLB from the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria.

Financial Control

Femi Fayose​

Femi is the Financial Control Manager at CCA, and coordinates finance and reporting functions. He has over 5 years’ experience in financial control and Private Equity.

Prior to CCA, Femi held roles in Investing and Financial Control at Crest Agro Limited, Kogi and CardinalStone Partners, Lagos.

Femi has a B.Sc. in Accounting from the University of Lagos.

Associate

Tolulope Alade

Tolulope is an Associate at CCA, where she focuses on all stages of the investment process and provides support for value-addition initiatives in portfolio companies.

Tolulope holds a B.Sc. in Accounting from Covenant University, Ota. She is also a Chartered Accountant (ACA)

Associate

Afolabi Soremekun

Afolabi is an Associate at CCA where he focuses on all stages of the investment process, and provides support for value addition in portfolio companies.

Afolabi has a B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Lagos.

Associate

Moyosoluwa Afolabi

Moyosoluwa is an Associate at CCA where he focuses on all stages of the investment process and provides support for value addition in portfolio companies.

Moyosoluwa has a B.Sc. in Accounting from Bowen University.

Analyst

Raphael Awe-Obe

Raphael is an analyst in the legal unit at CCA where he is responsible for due diligence for different investments.

Raphael has an LLB from the University of Lagos.

Financial Control

Mary Adekeye

Mary is in the financial control unit at CCA where she is responsible for driving financial control functions.

Mary has a B.Sc. in Accounting from the University of Ilorin.

Analyst​

Tosin Osho

Tosin is an Analyst at CCA, where he focuses on all stages of the investment process and provides support for value addition in portfolio companies.

Tosin has a B.Sc. in Economics from the University of Ibadan.

Analyst

Aminat Salako

Aminat is an Analyst at CCA, where she focuses on all stages of the investment process and provides support for value addition in portfolio companies.

Aminat has a B.Sc. in Accounting from the University of Lagos.

Analyst

Precious Izuchukwu

Precious is an Analyst at CCA, where she focuses on all stages of the investment process and provides support for value – addition in portfolio companies.

Precious has a B.Sc. in Accounting from Babcock University.

Analyst

Daniel Adedoyin

Daniel is an Analyst at CCA where he focuses on all stages of the investment process and provides support for value – addition in portfolio companies.

Daniel has a B.Sc. in Accounting from the University of Ilorin.