Professor Olayinka David-West was appointed as an Independent Non Executive Director of Sterling Bank Ltd on the 18th of September, 2024.

She is a Professor of Information Systems with almost three decades’ experience in the IT and financial services industry.

Professor David-West is an Associate Dean at the Lagos Business School (LBS), the premier business school in Nigeria and sits on the school’s Management Board. She leads the Sustainable and Inclusive Digital Financial Services (SIDFS) initiative, a research and advocacy initiative dedicated to enhancing financial inclusion in Nigeria.

She holds expert certifications in financial inclusion policy and digital money. She is a member of the governing council of Fintech Association of Nigeria and a member of the African Women in Finance and Payments. She is a Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), Certified in the Governance of Enterprise IT (CGEIT), and the academic advocate to the Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA). She is also a qualified practitioner of the Skills Framework for the Information Age (SFIA).

Professor David-West is a member of the Association of Information Systems (AIS), Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA), African Academy of Management (AFAM), Chartered Risk Management Institute (CRMI) and Fintech Association of Nigeria (FTAN).