Mr Opeyemi Agbaje is the Founder/CEO of RTC Advisory Services Ltd and was recently appointed Chairman of the National Pension Commission (PENCOM) by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. He is a finance, investment and strategy professional with a multi-disciplinary career encompassing law, banking and finance, academia and consulting in the areas of economy, policy, business strategy and leadership, with over 40 years post-graduation experience. He is well-recognised as an expert and thought-leader in business, economy and policy.
He graduated with honours in law in 1985 from the then University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University) and was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1986. He obtained a Masters degree in law (LLM) from University of Lagos in 1989, an MBA from IESE Business School, Spain in 1997, and is close to completing a Doctorate in Business Administration (DBA) from Eaton Business School.
Mr Agbaje worked in the DPP’s Office in the old Bendel State Ministry of Justice, the law firm of Kola Awodein and Co, SAN and in the legal department of First Bank of Nigeria Plc in the 1980s, before entering mainstream banking and finance as a foundation staff of GTBank in 1990, where he rose to Assistant General Manager in eight years. Opeyemi Agbaje enjoyed a successful banking career rising to Executive Director before voluntarily exiting the industry in 2004. Since 2004, he has worked as Founder and CEO of successful business consultancy, RTC Advisory Services Ltd focusing on economy, policy, strategy and organisational transformation.
From 1999, Opeyemi taught business strategy and The Environment of Business at Lagos Business School on a part-time basis, briefly joining the full-time faculty between 2004 and 2007, and serving as Senior Fellow (Associate Professor equivalent) and Head of Department of Strategy and Entrepreneurship. He continues to date to teach at the Business School. Mr Agbaje is a well-known and authoritative policy commentator writing the respected “Economy, Polity, Society” column in Businessday Newspaper from 2006 to 2019 and producing and hosting the policy-focused TV Show, “The Policy Council” on Channels Television from 2011 to 2015.
Mr Opeyemi Agbaje served on the board of the Lagos State Security Trust Fund (LSSTF) for two terms from 2011 to 2019, and briefly as CEO of the Ogun State Security Trust Fund from 2019 to 2021 before reverting to the private sector. He was also on the board of Chemical and Allied Products Plc from 2011 to 2019, and served as Chairman of The Convention on Business Integrity. He is currently a Director of FCSL Finance Company Ltd, one of the oldest CBN licensed finance companies in Nigeria.
Mr Opeyemi Agbaje was awarded the Igbobi College National Merit Award for Professional Excellence in 2019 and is married with adult children. He is a Knight of John Wesley (KJW) in the Methodist Church and a humble philanthropist.