Board of directors

Dr. Matie Obazee is a renowned medical practitioner with over 25 years experience. He is presently the Medical Director/Consultant Family Physician of Echos Hopsital Benin City. Dr. Obazee has held several distinguished positions including President Society of Family Physician of Nigeria, Member of the Membership Committee of the World Organisation of Family Doctors etc. He is presently President African Region of World Organisation of Family Doctors. He has been the chairman of the board since Trustfund commenced. He brings to bear his wealth of experience as an entrepreneur.

Prof. Iyawe is a Medical Practitioner of repute and vast experience. He has held the positions of Head of Department and Assistant Dean of College of Medicine and Former Member of Council, Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma. He has also been Chairman University of Benin Board for Part-Time Programmes. He is presently Chairman, Faith Mediplex Hospital and Provost College of Medicine, University of Benin. He is a senior pastor of Church of God Mission International.

Mr Osarobo is a graduate of the University of Benin. He has a B.Sc in Economics and Statistics with a second class Upper Division and an MBA. He has very vast experience in the financial service industry and has worked in several banks in Nigeria. From April 1999 to 2006 he was with Equitorial Trust Bank in the position of Acting General Manager in charge of Financial Services. He is the Managing Director/Chief Executive Trans-National Consultancy Limited.

Osamede had his B.Sc. (Hons) Economics in 1984, and an MBA from the University of Benin in 1987. He worked as a financial consultant with a World Bank Assisted Project and later joined Equitorial Trust Bank (ETB) as a pioneer staff in 1990 as a Credit Analyst. He had also worked at Great Merchant Bank, BGL Limited, Gulf Bank of Nigeria Plc and Mainstreet Bank. In October 2004 he became the Chairman of Cosmopolitan Garanti Ltd a firm of Business Development, Financial Intermediation and Investments.

Dr. Odigie is a renowned plant pathologist. He is a 1976 graduate of University of Benin and holds an M.Sc in Applied Phytopathology of the University of Ibadan (1979) and a Ph.D. He commenced his working experience in University of Maiduguri before joining Nigeria Institute for Oil Palm Research (NIFOR) in 1979 as a research officer. He is presently an Assistant Director (Research) in NIFOR. A distinguished scholar, he has written several journals and papers. He is a Member Board of Administration of Church of God Mission & presently chairman of Educational Board of the Sunday School Manual of CGM.

He is a seasoned Accountant and Banker. He holds a B.Sc in Accounting and Master of Business Administration - MBA (Lagos Business School). He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) and an Associate Member of Nigeria Institute of Management (NIM) and the Chartered Institute of Taxation. He is a Certified Microfinance Banker (MCIB) of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria. He began his working career with Akintola Williams and Co & worked in various banks including Ivory Merchant Bank, Pinnacle Commercial Bank, Equitorial Trust Bank and Mainstreet Bank, where he rose to General Manager and left in 2012. He was the Managing Director/CEO of Cosmopolitan Garanti Ltd a renowned consultancy outfit until he resigned and joined Trustfund Microfinance Bank. He is presently the Managing director and Chief Executive Officer of the bank.