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.

Prior to joining Hillcrest Capital Management Limited, Niyi started his career as Field Officer in September 2000 with Support and Training Entrepreneurship Program (STEP) an international Non-Governmental Organisation established and funded by International Finance Corporation (IFC) an investment arm of the World Bank. He joined Landover Aviation Company Limited, a leading Aviation Company in Nigeria in April 2002 as Receivable Accountant and grew to become the Head Accounts of Overland Airways Limited. Later, he moved to Afrijet Airlines as General Accounting Manager in 2008

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 Bankinitiative 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.