Board of Directors

Arc. Odeyemi trained at the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria where he obtained BSc and MSc in Architecture in 1975 and 1977 respectively. He obtained an MPhil (Urban Design & Regional Planning) from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland in 1983.

In 1978, he worked with a construction company where he participated in the design, contract procedure, and construction of 16 new Government Colleges for Sokoto State. He also worked with an architectural Consultancy Firm in Ibadan from 1979 until he established his firm, Solay Associates, of which he is a Principal Partner.

He was a member of the Advisory Board of Oyo State Directorate of Food, Road, and Rural Infrastructure (DFRRI). Between 1989 and 1992, he worked on a Rural Development Program for the UNDP (United Nations Development Program) in Tanzania. He served on the Board of Trustees of Zacc Ososanya Professorial Chair for Accountancy at Ogun State University (now Olabisi Onabanjo University), Ago Iwoye, Ogun State. He was a member of the Federal Government’s Universities Visitation Panel to Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria in 1999.

He is a Fellow of Nigeria Institute of Architects (FNIA) and a former member of the Institute’s Board of Architectural Education (NIABAE). He is currently a member of the Education Committee of the Architects Registration Council of Nigeria – ARCON.

Nader Yusuf holds a Master of Science degree in Engineering and Geodesy from Moscow State University of Geodesy & Cartography (MIIGAIC). He is a member of Israeli Association of Engineers & Architects, Israeli Syndicate of Registered Surveyors, and the Nigerian Society of Engineers. He is also licensed by the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN).

A well-rounded Engineer, he had garnered extensive and intensive cognate experience in engineering practice within and outside the company. At various times, he was the Project Manager on many of the company’s projects across Nigeria. He rose to the position of Chief Engineer and later became the first Deputy Managing Director of the company. Thereafter, he had a brief stint as the Managing Director of a sister company, SBI International Holdings AG of Mozambique, before his appointment as the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer.

Asi Cohen Haelion is a Graduate of the Ono Academic College in Israel, with a degree of B.A. in accounting, and is a Certified Public Accountant by the Ministry of Justice in Israel.

He joined the SBI group in 2011 as the Deputy Financial Director in RCC Nigeria.​ In August 2013 he was appointed as the Financial Director of SBI Uganda branch.

In July 2022 he was appointed as the Chief Finance Officer of SBI INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS AG and as a member of the Company’s Board of Directors.

Asi Cohen Haelion is a director in several other companies of the SBI group.

Kola Salisu is a member of the Board and doubles as the Director of Legal Services, with overall responsibilities for the legal, company secretarial, compliance, and corporate affairs functions of the company.

He had previously served as the pioneer Legal Adviser of the Company and later became Head, Legal/Secretarial Department.

Prior to joining the services of the Company, he was in legal practice with top-flight commercial law firms in Lagos. He has had a wide and varied experience in several areas of law and legal practice for over 3 decades, spanning advocacy, law reporting/legal publications, corporate and commercial law practice, legal drafting/research, company secretarial practice, etc.

Mr. Salisu is an alumnus of the University of Benin and Nigerian Law School.