Asiwaju Olawale-Cole

Asiwaju (Dr.) Michael Olawale-Cole, CON, MFR, DBA, CNIM, FNIM, FIoD, CMC.
(Managing Partner, MOC Consulting Limited)
The Managing Consultant/Chief Executive Officer, Asiwaju (Dr.) Michael Olawale-Cole, CON, CNIM, FNIM, DBA, FIMC, FIoD, is a financial guru, trainer and management expert with over 45 years’ experience. He had varied experiences from Management, Insurance, Finance, Tourism and Oil & Gas. He served in the Lagos State Executive Council twice, first as Honourable Commissioner of Finance & Economic Development and Honourable Commissioner of Works & Transport over thirty (30) years ago.
Michael is the President and Chairman of Council of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), Past President/Current Patron of the Nigerian-British Chamber of Commerce, Past President of the Nigerian Institute of Management (Chartered). In recognition of his invaluable contributions to nation building, he was conferred with two national honours awards which are Member of the Order of the Federal Republic (MFR) and Commander of the Order of the Niger (CON). He is an active member of several professional bodies and is widely travelled and well exposed to local and international programmes such as Global Leaders & Governance Programme at the University of Cambridge Business School, Cambridge England and Top Executive Leadership Programme of Harvard Business School, Boston, USA.
He is a past District Governor of Rotary International, District 9110 Nigeria. He was the chair of the Zone 20A (Africa) Rotary International Institute which held for the first time in Nigeria in the year 2018. He is the only African on the Finance Committee (2021-2024) of the Rotary International (a body established in 1905 in Chicago, USA). The Finance Committee is responsible for all the finances of Rotary International globally and it is a committee of just 10 persons.
Michael is the only Nigerian to have served as the President and Chairman of Council of all the following organizations: Lagos Chamber of Commerce & Industry (LCCI) 2021 – 2023; Nigerian Institute of Management (Chartered) (NIM) 2011-2013; Nigerian-British Chamber of Commerce (NBCC) 2003-2005; Nigerian Council of Registered Insurance Brokers (NCRIB) 1999-2001 and National President (Worldwide), University of Lagos Alumni Association,1996-2000.
He is a companion of the Nigerian Institute of Management (CNIM) and a Fellow of Institute of Directors, London (FIoD); Nigerian Institute of Management (Chartered), (FNIM); Nigerian Council of Registered Insurance Brokers (FCIB); Certified Institute of Management (FCIM); Chartered Management Institute, (UK) ─ FCMI and Institute of Management Consultants of Nigeria, FIMC.