Niyi serves as Chief Compliance officer of Hillcrest Capital Management Limited and is a Chartered Accountant, Certified Capital Market Operator and Business Development Expert. He has over 19 years professional/hands-on experience in Preparation of Management and Final Accounts, Statutory Audit and Compliance, Receivables and Payables Management, Budget, Treasury, Fixed Asset, Lease, Tax Management, Business Consulting & Training, Preparation of Feasibility Study and Business Plan, amongst others.

Niyi was a faculty member with Enterprise Development Centre (EDC) of Lagos Business School (LBS) and Pan African University (PAU) where he teaches Taxation and Finance and Business Management. He is a consultant to World Bank on Growth and Employment (GEM), a World Bank initiative in which the Bank gives qualified/ successful entrepreneurs grant of $40,000 for business expansion and employment generation.

A trainer per excellence, Niyi is a member of the Nigerian Institute of Training and Development (NITAD) and Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria (FRCN). Niyi is a graduate of Accountancy and a holder of Post Graduate Degree in Human Resource Management. He is an alumnus of the University of Calabar and the Lagos Business School.