Dr Ayo Adegboye was appointed Managing Director of BCX Nigeria in August 2016; where he has recorded a landmark achievement of over 250% YoY growth within the first 18 months and overwhelming employee engagement. He subsequently championed management buyout (MBO) and the divestment of West Africa investment of BCX South Africa Group by attracting both local and foreign investors to acquire 100% stake.

Prior to that, He was a Vice President ITB at Schneider Electric West & East Africa and a Director at SAMSUNG Electronic West Africa. He graduated from the prestigious University of Ilorin where he read Geology and Mineral Science. Ayo later proceeded to the United Kingdom where he obtained Global Executive MBA from Manchester Business School, and additional MBA in Telecommunications from Informal Telecom Academy, UK. He has attended several business leadership training from global institutions such as IESE Business School, Spain and Pan African University, Lagos.

Ayo has won several international accolades and awards for global best practices and notable achievement which include successful launch of first APC By Schneider Electric Experience center in Middle East and Africa, Conceptualized and implemented Bank of the Future for Union Bank on behalf of Samsung Electronics – another first in Sub-Sahara Africa, Conceptualized and implemented Winning At Retail (WAR) strategy for Schneider Electric West Africa; the effort which lead to double digit market growth within a year. Ayo is Fellow of Institute of Information management, Africa, A Fellow of Institute of Strategic Management, A Fellow of Institute of Research Scholars, A Life member of Institute of Directors and Chairman, Board of Trustee of Nigeria Chapter of Alliance Manchester Business School, UK. A recent analysis of the Nigerian IT and software industry and ranking executives in several categories which reflect the exemplary strength of business network and the size of company, ranked Ayo Adegboye in the top 1% of overall Nigerian executives.