Adetola Owolabi holds a B.Sc in Business Administration from the University of Lagos and an MBA from the University of Liverpool.
She spent the first 15 years of her career in Relationship Management at Guaranty Trust Bank PLC where she specialized in the structuring of complex commercial credit transactions and international trade finance.
She was Group Head of the Commercial Banking Group responsible for commercial banking clients in the Lagos area.

Her last position was Assistant General Manager and Group Head of the Bank’s Maritime Group charged with developing the maritime sector as a core business focus of the bank.

Adetola has attended several management courses at Harvard Business School, Columbia University Graduate School of Business, IMD, INSEAD and The Leonard Stern Business School of New York University. She is currently the Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer in Black Pelican limited, and a Board of Trustee Member for Detainees Welfare Foundation