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Dr. Olusiji Sanya

Position: Finance Trustee

Year joined: 2026

Specialities and areas of interest:

Dr. Olusiji Sanya is an experienced economist with strong commercial acumen and a good understanding of policy, financial market instruments and fundamentals. He has over 15 years financial services experience in the UK. He was previously Group CFO at Farntech Ventures from inception to 2024. He is currently CEO at Farntech Ventures and is a direct reporting line for four portfolio brands within the Farntech Ventures Group as well as the heads of several departments including: the Executive Office, Treasury, Products and Technology, and Marketing.

Olusiji holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics, a Master’s in International Finance and a PhD in Economics and Finance. He has previously worked at Goldman Sachs and BP. He was also a consultant to the Commonwealth Secretariat on public finance management. He won the Black British Business Award in 2019 (Financial Services Rising Star). His other interests revolve around reading biographies, cycling, golf and mentoring.