The people behind the promise.
Wimika is led by professionals with experience across technology, banking, cybersecurity, risk, insurance and digital product delivery, supported by advisers who have led these functions at scale.
Executive team
The people building and running MoneyGuard day to day.
Morakinyo Animasaun
CEO and Founder
Former Citibank and SITA/Equant professional with more than 30 years across technology, cybersecurity, risk and financial services. He leads Wimika's strategy, vision and innovation.
Olawale Martins
Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer
Software engineer and product leader with extensive experience building enterprise and consumer technology, including 15 years at Microsoft across Windows, Azure, AI applications and Edge. At Wimika, he leads product design, product architecture and the customer experience across MoneyGuard.
Folayemi Abayomi
Co-Founder and Head of Strategic Partnerships
Strategic partnerships and execution leader with more than a decade of experience across financial services, payments, technology and enterprise transformation. She leads Wimika's institutional partnerships, commercialisation and partner execution, turning the MoneyGuard proposition into pilots, deployments and market entry programmes.
Babatunde Arekemase
Head of Engineering
Software engineering leader with experience across fintech and technology environments in Nigeria and Europe. At Wimika, he leads engineering execution, platform delivery and technical operations, including the implementation of MoneyGuard with institutional partners.
Adetayo Adekunle
Head of Insurance
Insurance leader with more than 35 years of industry experience, including as Technical Director at Leadway Assurance. He leads the insurance structure and technical protection framework supporting MoneyGuard, bringing deep experience in underwriting, insurance operations and product governance.
Advisory board
Advisers who have led technology, insurance, legal and risk functions at institutions across West Africa, Europe and the United States.
Rotimi Okpaise
Independent Adviser
Actuarial and insurance leader with more than 30 years across life, health and general insurance. A Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries UK and former EY Partner, he brings deep actuarial, insurance and risk expertise across West Africa.
Femi Olaloku
Independent Adviser
Banking technology executive with more than 27 years across technology, information security, operations and digital banking. Former Group CIO at UBA and senior Citigroup executive, he brings large scale banking technology and digital transformation experience.
Akintoye Olorode
Independent Adviser
Software engineering leader with decades of experience developing financial technology, including senior and consulting roles at Morgan Stanley and UBS. He brings deep software architecture and financial systems expertise.
Bimpe Olufemi
Independent Adviser
Financial services executive with more than 20 years across banking, insurance and technology. Her experience includes senior roles at Leadway Assurance and Standard Chartered, bringing expertise in digital banking, insurance operations and distribution.
Babajide Bada
Independent Adviser
Corporate lawyer and compliance executive with experience across global financial institutions including UBS, Barclays and ICAP. He brings legal, regulatory and compliance perspective to Wimika's governance and institutional development.
