Episode 34 Accelerating Action Excellently

Oluwatoyin Bakare is a seasoned entrepreneur, A Certified Fellow Chartered Accountant, and an alumnus of several renowned business schools. She is the COO and executive director of SAS Textiles Ltd, a second-generation family business that is Nigeria's home of exquisite world-class fabrics and textiles.

As Executive Director (Finance) of SAS Textiles, she oversaw the business's growth from a one-room shop to one of Nigeria's leading textile retail store chains. As Chief Operating Officer of SAS Textiles, she oversees the day-to-day running of a successful indigenous trading concern raised on integrity and excellent customer service.

A graduate of accounting, and a Fellow of (ICAN), she is an alumnus of Fate Foundation's Emerging Entrepreneur’s Programme (EEP), where she also serves as the President of the alumni community. She was also a part of LEAP Africa's Business Leadership Program, and Lagos Business School's OMP, and also graduated from CEIBS and recently did a Business Leadership Program at Harvard.

She chairs the board of Genesis House - an arm of Freedom Foundation that shelters and rehabilitates disadvantaged women and is an associate member of the Women in Management and Business (WIMBIZ).

She is also a wife, mother, public speaker, resilience coach, and Pastor who uses her story to empower others.