Dayo, Oladayo Alao
Experienced Management Consultant, Finance And Project Manager
Dublin
Summary
Experienced Leader with over 24 years professional work experience in Management Consulting, Trade and Investment, Infrastructure and Capital Projects planning and delivery. Commercial and financial due diligence, PPP Policy, capacity building, and contract management, PPP/PFI transaction advisory services from multiple perspectives including public sector, DFI/MDB and private sector advisory across a range of sectors. Extensive experience in developing, managing, and monitoring multi- sector donor funded projects. Experience advising and engaging
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
Work History
Director Management Consulting
Vista Resources Integrated Consultancy
Abuja
10.2019 - Current
- Advising a large Asset Management company (over NGN 10.7B in Assets Under Management) on delivering superior returns for its equity investors and Joint Venture Partners including public and private sector clients in Nigeria to lead and coordinate sourcing, structuring, financing, and management of potential investments in industrial and commercial infrastructure projects across Nigeria including Kano Economic City and Ibadan (Ibarapa) Agriculture export hub projects.
- UKNIAF Project - As Workstream Lead for Infrastructure Finance (IF) on this FCDO (DFID) funded Infrastructure & Trade delivery programme, Dayo is part of senior leadership team responsible for design and development of IF strategy, design and management of targeted interventions aimed at building and delivering a £3 billion project pipeline, with £1 billion reaching financial close by 2023.
- Dayo is also the Climate Finance workstream lead for the IF team and has led the development of Nigeria's climate finance strategy which is currently being reviewed by the climate change department of Federal Ministry of Environment.
- Dayo is also leading development of an enhanced decision support tool for Budget office of the Federation to improve project selection and prioritization for developing annual capital budget. As part of this role, he has strategic oversight of developing appropriate Terms of References and Task orders, resourcing and managing output of transaction teams, also providing expert review and quality assurance of key deliverables and producing thought leadership pieces that capture knowledge and insight aimed at enhancing the capacity of the associated government ministries, department and agencies to attract private sector financing for identified infrastructure projects some of which are listed below:
- Review of the current Trade Bilateral agreements with countries and associated processes, including a risk- screening framework for trade countries, training & capacity building workshops for public sector officers, as well as the development of the proposed accelerated project delivery trade framework
- Framework and project Preparation Facility with DFI's such as FCDO and Afrexim Bank
- (Client: Foreign Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO) Nigeria): Project structuring and Financial Advisory for the Concession of 12 Highway routes under the Highway Development and Management Initiative (Client – Federal Ministry of Works & Housing)
- Technical Assistance to the Kaduna Investment Promotion Agency (KADIPA) to strengthen the Institutional & Human Capacity to develop and deliver a pipeline of bankable PPP projects as part of the World Bank $37m Programme for results (Client – KADIPA)
- Project structuring and negotiation support to facilitate Joint venture PPP arrangement and financial close of the Ajaokuta Steel Complex (Client – Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget & National Planning)
- Project structuring and negotiation support for the concession of the Ibadan Dry Sea Port (Client – Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget & National Planning)
- Delivered final report of Special Summit on National Security and facilitation of series of consultations and engagement with key members of NASS, 9th Assembly, relevant committee leaders, community leaders and experts on national security
- Prioritized resumes based on strengths, experience and personal qualities needed to balance team makeup.
- Developed project plans and managed project scope using methodologies to guide projects from conceptualization to implementation and maintenance.
- Directed changes to project scope and cost and implemented appropriate change management processes to keep project on track.
- Executed projects and acted as senior project manager for multiple commercial, office, residential and public works projects.
- Recorded all project costs and expenses and aligned with project budget.
- Provided outstanding service to clients through effective communication and prompt issue resolution to facilitate future business opportunities.
- Gathered project requirements through interactions, meetings and walkthroughs with potential application users and to develop business requirements documents (BRD), functional requirements documents (FRD) and user mockups.
- Worked with third-party vendors to streamline appropriate processes for product storage, transportation and disposal.
- Formulated integration system process flows, business process model and notation (BPMN) plans and data mapping diagrams based on stakeholders' specifications, technology surveys and interviews.
- Partnered with project team members to identify and quickly address problems.
- Oversaw large portfolio of projects to support teams, report progress and influence positive outcomes for key stakeholders.
- Saved $2M for BUA Group by implementing cost-saving initiatives that addressed long-standing problems.
Technical Adviser Infrastructure
Office of The Vice President Federal Republic of Nigeria
Abuja
08.2017 - 10.2019
- Established Technical Advisory Team on Infrastructure in the Office of the Vice President to advise the Vice president on projects and policy issues in the major infrastructure sub- sectors: power & works, aviation & aerospace and ICT, to strategically convene stakeholders to solve inter-agency problems, funding challenges and to facilitate the removal of other bottlenecks to infrastructure delivery. TATI was also responsible for monitoring, evaluation and reporting of results on the actual implementation of infrastructural policies, projects and initiatives.
- Supporting Special Adviser Economic to the President on critical infrastructure matters and initiatives as Chief Economic Coordinator of Federal Government. Giving advisory, research and secretariat support to the Vice President and Economic Management Team (sub-committee of Nigeria's Federal Executive Council which deliberates on key economic matters) particularly on Infrastructure related matters.
- Providing technical assistance to Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission and act as liaison between Presidency and ICRC.
- Prepared variety of different written communications, reports and documents.
- Consultant member, Secretariat of Economic Management Team; d) member, Secretariat of Economic and Recovery Growth Plan Focus Labs
- Led projects and analyzed data to identify opportunities for improvement.
Infrastructure Planning Team Lead
Adam Smith International
London
10.2014 - 07.2017
- Senior Project Manager on second iteration of prestigious Nigeria Infrastructure Advisory Facility (NIAF2). NIAF had 6 work streams, international multi-disciplinary team of circa 600+ subject matter experts and external sub- contractors.
- Strategic oversight of all programme related functions of power and capital projects sectors in line with DFID agreed log-frame and oversight of daily operations and delivery against set targets and KPIs on programme.
- Managed strategic relationships with appropriate Government counterparts and had ownership of building, tracking, and maintaining projects and full ownership of P&L elements of the programme.
- Led delivery team on NIAF on:
- Development of PPP laws for Lagos State and Kaduna State.
- PPP FGN Infrastructure Fund - Carried out review with NSIA on final report with recommendations prepared on establishment of FGN Infrastructure Fund.
- FGN PPP Guarantee Fund - Led drafting of initial report on establishment of FGN PPP Guarantee Fund, prepared subsequent updating of report following circulation and comments.
- Working with the Budget Office of the Federation (BOF), supported development of strategies for public financial management reform, public policy reform, public sector accountability reform and strategy [including M&E]; across 4 areas of DFID governance reform.
- Led capacity building for MDAs in project selection and prioritization and advising on leading practice in budgeting
- Supported delivery of 2017 MTSS, MTEF and FGN budget
- Prepared policy paper on reverse impact of importation on Nigerian trade and possible options for strengthening export procedures through certifications (ISO, WTO) and development of acceptance criteria by sector on Nigerian export products.
- Delivered on all power and infrastructure indicators, was personally commended by DFID and Vice president for support.
- Rwanda: Country framework report: Project Manager of team led by Adam Smith International, appointed by World Bank and Government of Rwanda to carry out Country Framework Report of infrastructure of Rwanda, with objective of participation of private sector in infrastructure service provision. Responsible directly for economic corridor and trade enhancement recommendations section of Report.
- South Africa: PPP finance structure: Assisted Department of Communications of Government of South Africa with preparation of feasibility study of potential of Public Private Partnership (PPP) finance structure for National 112 Emergency Communications Centre Project, as part of Support to Restructuring of Public Enterprises in South Africa led by Adam Smith International with support of Department for International Development of UK.
- Supported departments of economic development and Ministries of finance and economics to develop strategic options, option selection mechanisms and impact analysis in Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Kenya where ASI has strategic presence. Many of these projects required: Macroeconomic assessment of the impact of development programs; Socio- economic impact assessment of various projects delivered in different sectors of the economy; Creation of frameworks for increasing export and developing infrastructure and selecting the best value for money projects; Assessments of the most cost effective service delivery model for each project; Creation of several IT based systems and M&E systems to integrate the various activities (linking macroeconomic decisions to program, sector and project level outcomes and outputs); Creation of monitoring and reporting system to inform the public expenditure decision making process for the Ministry of Budget and Planning in Nigeria; and Delivery of capacity building and knowledge transfer.
- Member of management team with strategic oversight of ASI DFID Somalia Stability Fund, ambitious and innovative multi-donor fund supporting peace and stability in Somalia through portfolio of projects totaling £30m.
European Infrastructure and Treasury Advisory Lead
EY
Dublin
07.2013 - 10.2014
- Responsible for growth and development of Capital Budgeting, Infrastructure Planning, Treasury, and liquidity risk advisory services to governments in region involved in large transformation and development agendas, in particular in key strategic areas of budgeting, financing infrastructure, urban planning, investment promotion, trade and economic development.
- Ireland: PFI/PPP financial policy advice: Senior member of EY team appointed by Department of Finance, Government of Ireland as one of three consortia to provide PFI/PPP financial policy advice.
- Development of Sustainable Energy Policy – Led development of national cost benefit analysis of range of policy interventions and providing expert advice relating to energy policy as required. Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland's (SEAI) mission is to play leading role in transforming Ireland into society based on sustainable energy structures, technologies and practices. To fulfill this mission SEAI aims to provide well-timed and informed advice to Government, and deliver wide range of programmes efficiently and effectively, while engaging and motivating wide range of stakeholders and showing continuing flexibility and innovation in all activities.
- Prepared variety of different written communications, reports and documents.
- Led projects and analyzed data to identify opportunities for improvement.
- EU funded project: small and medium scale enterprise development and Foreign Direct Investment Policy Review: Led EY team commissioned to examine FDI policy approaches across six benchmark locations , which were medium and long term in nature and constituted a strategic policy approach to enhance Irish regions' overall competitiveness in attracting FDI and enhancing development of small and medium scale enterprises in Ireland.
- Seconded to United States as Global Project Manager Integration for SAP Treasury integration project to support Microsoft's acquisition of Nokia.
Senior Consultant Manager
Accenture
Dublin
05.2005 - 07.2013
- Public Sector Project Manager: Supported Department of Finance and Expenditure in Ireland on various capital budget improvement initiatives.
- Supported Department of Finance and Expenditure in Ireland on developing 2011 and 2012 National budget
- Irish Governmental Agency: Led development of Ireland's first National Energy Efficiency Plan (NEEAP) in collaboration with Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (DCENR) in Ireland. Also supported Department in formalizing Business strategic notes and critical path assessment to reach EU compliance on Energy policy mix and pollution targets in these sectors.
- Project manager to monitor contractors appointed to implement an EU PPP review project, which comprised of 9 workshops held throughout Zambia and involving national and local government, local business and private investors .
- Lithuania: Assisted in implementing new PPP infrastructure programme: Accenture was appointed by Central Project Management Agency of Government of Lithuania, to assist with review of feasibility studies of 6 pilot PPP infrastructure projects in social housing, education, health sector, road transport and justice system, review of PSC, PPP Procurement Process, review of legal agreement for PPP prison project, prepare sector risk matrix and prepare training programme for senior officials. Preparation of PPP computer model.
- Led Accenture team that supported set-up of Irish Industrial Development Authority (IDA) through EU regional grant. IDA is world class leading industrial hub and home to many of Ireland's small and medium scale enterprises .
- Supported implementation of European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) which was aimed at redressing regional imbalances in European Union by funding local innovative initiatives, this included setting up grant scheme for small and medium scale enterprises in EU countries including Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
- Resources Industry Project Manager: Advised companies on Treasury products and Economic & Energy policy and corporate governance.
- Information Technology Industry Project Manager: Full project life cycle experience including Configuration Management, Change and Risk management, Quality Management, Project costing and finance calculation, programme governance and administration and also developed an impact assessment and capacity planning model to manage and track resources.
- Financial Services Industry Project Manager: Provision of enhanced economic analytics data to inform development of future strategy for a major Irish developmental bank.
- Responsible for developing and executing major Irish bank's small and medium scale investment banking strategy; and delivery of bank's sales MI framework. Presented findings to CEO and was personally commended.
- Responsible for delivery of Irish Department of Finance public financial management review and implementation of finance shared service center
Regional Treasury Lead
Ingersoll Rand European Service Center
Dublin
09.2002 - 02.2005
- Responsible for treasury, investments, financial and Risk, cash and liquidity management for all CEEMEAI (Central Europe, Eastern Europe, Middle East, Africa and India) regions.
- Responsible for Budgeting, analysis and Cash flow forecasting for (CEEMEAI) countries in region and analysis and maintenance of Global Credit facility and all associated instruments (USD 2 Billion)
- Responsible for actively managing investments with heavy focus on growth, cost management and returns. Also serving on board, setting strategy, benchmarking, and ensuring adherence to environmental, social and governance (ESG) standards.
- Designed targeted approach for economic revenue analysis for Ingersoll Europe to drive accurate pipeline and planning. Final report was delivered to board and led to implementation of dashboard designed for project monitoring and evaluation.
- Collaborated with team members to achieve target results
- Created spreadsheets using Microsoft Excel for daily, weekly and monthly reporting
- Drove operational improvements which resulted in savings and improved profit margins
Education
Certificate in Public Financial - Public Policy Analysis
Harvard Kennedy School Go Government
Boston, USA 01.2017 - 01.2017
PRINCE 2 (Project ManagementFoundation and Practitioner - Project Management
PRINCE 2
Ireland 07.2011 - 08.2011
Master of Science - Economic Policy Studies
Trinity College, University of Dublin
Dublin 09.2008 - 12.2010
Bachelor of Science - ECONOMICS
University of Ibadan
Ibadan, Nigeria 09.1991 - 03.1997
Skills
Project Management
Investment Promotion & Facilitation
Risk ManagementEconomic Policy & AnalysisClient ManagementStakeholder ManagementPPP/PFI Policy, Capacity Building
Transaction Advisory Services
PPP Procurement & Contract Management
Financial & Commercial Due-Diligence
Deal Structuring & NegotiationStrategic Business Planning & Performance Management
Business DevelopmentInvestment Management
Accomplishments
- Personally commended by FCDO, the Vice President of Nigeria (Prof Yemi Osinbajo and HE Mallam El-Rufai for outstanding delivery on the NIAF programme in 2016
- Migrated 27 countries onto the SAP Treasury platform for Microsoft's acquisition of Nokia in 65 days before the target of 90 days resulting in a saving of $4M in time and materials
- Delivered Single European Payments Area (SEPA) Platform for two large banks in Ireland in 2008
Golf, Pastry Chef, Swimming
Avid Golfer and amateur pastry chef.
Timeline
Director Management Consulting
Vista Resources Integrated Consultancy
10.2019 - Current
Technical Adviser Infrastructure
Office of The Vice President Federal Republic of Nigeria
08.2017 - 10.2019
Certificate in Public Financial - Public Policy Analysis
Harvard Kennedy School Go Government
01.2017 - 01.2017
Infrastructure Planning Team Lead
Adam Smith International
10.2014 - 07.2017
European Infrastructure and Treasury Advisory Lead
EY
07.2013 - 10.2014
PRINCE 2 (Project ManagementFoundation and Practitioner - Project Management
PRINCE 2
07.2011 - 08.2011
Master of Science - Economic Policy Studies
Trinity College, University of Dublin
09.2008 - 12.2010
Senior Consultant Manager
Accenture
05.2005 - 07.2013
Regional Treasury Lead
Ingersoll Rand European Service Center
09.2002 - 02.2005
Bachelor of Science - ECONOMICS
University of Ibadan
09.1991 - 03.1997