Olanike Salau

Experience

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  Krystal's Collections

  Oct 2017 - now

  Business Owner

  I started a small business in October 2017. I sell all types of female shoes and unisex sneakers on wholesale and retail basis.• I actively develop marketing strategies geared at attracting, retaining and rewarding customers.• Design and prepare pitch deck/investor presentation aimed at attracting investors: attracted an investor and delivered returns earlier than agreed payback period.• Manage relationships with 30+ suppliers and several delivery companies.• In the course of running the business, I have built an admirable track record of 1000+ customers retailing over 4,000 pairs over the past 7 years Show less

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  Mobil Oil

  Oct 2017 - Jan 2018

  Customer Service and Logistics Intern

  • Prepared daily, weekly and monthly lifting and dispatch reports to analyze total number of loadings of over 15 depots across Nigeria for top-level management review• Analyzed reports to find out progress in the total number of loadings for products per quarter• Effectively managed communications and relationships with 20 depot managers and assistants across 15 states in Nigeria• Channeled depot staff complaints, comments and recommendations to top management.

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  Students'​ Finance Club, University of Benin

  Jan 2018 - Jan 2019

  President

  The Students’ Finance Club of the University of Benin is the first ever careerwise club to be created in the University. My team and I took over the mantle of leadership from the pioneer founders. In my role as President, I carried out the following;• Led a team of 4 executives to organize boot camps, information sessions, recruitment events geared towards preparing members to be 21st century graduates• Significantly reduced information gap on internship and job opportunities on campus• Improved student membership by over 50%• Helped organize the first ever SEO Africa Information Session in Uniben• Helped organize the first ever Edubridge Academy Recruitment Challenge in Uniben Show less

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  SEO (Sponsors for Educational Opportunity)

  Jun 2018 - Jun 2018

  Candidate, Class of 2018

  Received training on Development Finance, Business Communication, Networking, Financial Modelling, and Microsoft Office packages.

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  CFA Society Nigeria

  Oct 2018 - Nov 2018

  Universities Ethics Challenge, Team University of Benin

  • I led a team of four to dissect two case studies to identify actual and possible ethical violations, draft out action plans and give recommendations• I carried out adequate research on history of similar cases in the Finance Industry where ethical violations occured and the actions that were taken• Out of 15 participating teams, Team University of Benin and 5 other teams made it to the Finals of the Challenge

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  Cowrywise

  Jan 2019 - Apr 2019

  Project Intern

  Cowrywise is a financial technology firm currently disrupting and revolutionizing the investments and wealth management space in Nigeria. I carried out the following in my role;• Charged with ensuring optimum customer satisfaction and improved customer complaints turnaround time• Championed innovative campaigns aimed at ensuring customers were informed, happy and overall satisfied with the product offering of the firm• Provided support to the Growth and Engagement Team

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  ETERNA PLC

  Jul 2019 - Nov 2019

  Strategy Intern

  • Served as the only intern in the Corporate Planning and Strategy Division• Structured and organized a board-level organizational strategy session that helped to revalidate company wide strategies, goals and frameworks• Conducted research on the Oil and Gas industry aimed at analysing competition, profitability, revenue etc• Built a model used to analyse and measure company’s actual daily, weekly and monthly white products sales performance against budgeted volumes• Efficiently worked with different teams in the organization to ensure that all tactical goals and objectives are on track to be achieved Show less

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  IFC - International Finance Corporation

  Nov 2019 - Apr 2020

  Graduate Intern
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  Dream Girl Global (DGG)

  May 2020 - now

  Partner

  We founded Dream Girl Global, a Non Profit Organization to reduce gender inequalities, and empower women and girls as a contribution to achieve #SDG5.

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  InfraCredit

  Aug 2020 - Jul 2023

  • Associate, Origination & Structuring

    Apr 2023 - Jul 2023

  • Deal Analyst, Origination & Structuring

    Apr 2021 - Mar 2023

  • Graduate Intern

    Aug 2020 - Apr 2021
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  IFC - International Finance Corporation

  Jul 2023 - now

  Investment Analyst