Amedu Saliu has over 15 years combined experience in Banking, Management, Business Strategy, Fiscal Strategy, Leadership and Entrepreneurship. He has worked as a banker, project director and entrepreneur, having been in business for 8 years before co-founding FAStrust organization. He also sits on the board of two non-governmental organization, notably Nigeria in Diaspora Organization Sweden and African Empowerment Centre, Stockholm; where he volunteers his resources to foster the Humanitarian objectives these organizations.

Amedu holds a Bachelors degree in Accounting from Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife Nigeria, a Master’s degree in International Strategic Management from Stockholm University, Sweden, and another Master’s degree in International Taxation and EU Law from Uppsala University, Sweden.

Saliu has also attended several Executive trainings including Digital Strategy training at HyperIsland and has concluded Advanced Entrepreneurial Courses at the Stockholm School of Entrepreneurship, Stockholm (SSES).

Halima is a multitalented career driven person. She holds a Doctorate degree in Immunology from Stockholm University, a Masters in Public Health Systems from Karolinska Institute and a Bachelors degree in Zoology from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. She has over 10 years’ active experience in, Public Health, Scientific Research, Leadership, Digital Strategies and Digital transformation.

Paul is a seasoned IT solutions architect with experience in different kinds of IT solutions. Solid foundation in system development, Quality control and assurance, change management, process improvement, infrastructure, system engineering, internetworking, requirements engineering, and project management. Paul derives his motivation from the decomposition of complex problems and environments into manageable parts. He has worked in both the public and private sectors in Sweden, the US, Canada, Finland, The UK and in other countries. His unique experience in both core technology and business put him in a strong position to work in the borderline of IT and Business and create alignment between business and IT.

Currently, Paul works as Senior Project Manager/Business Analyst; he also carries experience from different industries such as the water/energy industry, e-commerce, BI, manufacturing, retail, and telecom. He is PMP, PRINCE2, BA, BI, ITILV3, CCDP, CCNP, ISQTB et al. certified. He is driving and has excellent leadership skills and is comfortable in most situations both in an international environment and the ability to adapt to the local environment.

Bilainu Oboirien has a Doctorate degree in Chemical Engineering from University of the Witwatersrand South Africa. He is presently an Associate Professor at the University of Johannesburg. Previously, he worked as a Senior Researcher at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in South Africa and as a part-time Lecturer at Tshwane University of Technology in South Africa as well as a Teaching Assistant at University of Cape Town in South Africa.

His areas of research are Coal Gasification, Bio-solubilsation, Combustion, Oxy-fuel combustion and Waste to Energy. He has co-authored 30 journal articles and conference proceedings and also a regular reviewer of top journals in the areas of energy and fuel.

Dr Oboirien also has several advanced educational courses in Business Strategy and Management, and he’s passionate about using entrepreneurship to tackle social challenges in Nigeria.