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Wale Odutola

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Group CEO at ARM

Nigeria

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About

Wale Odutola is Group CEO of ARM Holding Company, a Nigerian non-bank financial institution, a role he assumed in July 2025 after serving as Deputy CEO and as Managing Director of ARM Pension Managers. He joined ARM in 1998 and has held senior roles across investment management, real estate, and executive leadership, and in 2020 was elected President of the Pension Fund Operators Association of Nigeria (PenOp). He serves on the board of Mixta Real Estate Plc, is an alumnus of the University of Lagos, and completed the General Management Program at Harvard Business School.

Experience

  1. Asset & Resource Management Holding Company (ARM HoldCo).Chief Executive Officercurrent2025 — presentLagos State, Nigeria
  2. Asset & Resource Management Holding Company (ARM HoldCo).Executive Director2024 — 2025
  3. ARM Pension Managers (PFA) LtdManaging Director2015 — 2024Lagos, Nigeria
  4. ARM PropertiesManaging Director2011 — 2014
  5. ARM Investment ManagersFirst Vice President2008 — 2010

Skills & more

Public-private Partnerships1Institutional Leadership1Business Transformation1Financial Markets1Accounting8Business Strategy33Capital Markets18Corporate Governance4Financial Analysis30Investment Banking7Financial Modeling40Portfolio Management10
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Who is Wale Odutola?
Wale Odutola is Group CEO of ARM Holding Company, a Nigerian non-bank financial institution, a role he assumed in July 2025 after serving as Deputy CEO and as Managing Director of ARM Pension Managers. He joined ARM in 1998 and has held senior roles across investment management, real estate, and executive leadership, and in 2020 was elected President of the Pension Fund Operators Association of Nigeria (PenOp). He serves on the board of Mixta Real Estate Plc, is an alumnus of the University of Lagos, and completed the General Management Program at Harvard Business School.
Where does Wale Odutola work?
Wale Odutola is Group CEO at ARM.
Where did Wale Odutola go to school?
Wale Odutola studied at University of Lagos (Bachelor of Science (BSc), Accountancy); Harvard Business School (General Management Program GMP 18, Business Administration and Management, General).

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