LEADERSHIP & GOVERNANCE PAGE
OGZ Ventures is guided by experienced professionals who combine financial discipline, strategic insight, and deep regional knowledge to deliver value, discreetly and effectively.
OUR APPROACH TO LEADERSHIP
At OGZ Ventures, leadership means stewardship.
We believe in clarity, accountability, and confidentiality, ensuring that every transaction, partnership, and project aligns with our mission to bridge Africa’s physical and digital economies.
Our executive team operates across Lagos, London, and Accra, coordinating mandates that require international reach and local execution.
Babajide Ogundipe Chairman
Babajide Ogundipe obtained his law degree from the University of London in July 1978 and was called to the Nigeria Bar in July 1979. A partner of Sofunde, Osakwe, Ogundipe and Belgore since its founding in 1989, he has practiced as a commercial litigator in Nigeria and appeared before arbitral tribunals around the world for more than 35 years, and his investigations and asset recovery work are part of this practice.
Babajide O. Ogundipe is an experienced arbitrator, having been elected a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators in 1994. He served as the chairman of the Nigerian branch of the Institute from 2006 to 2009. He was the first president of the Lagos Court of Arbitration, serving from February 2010 to February 2014, and continues to sit on its board.
He is a frequent speaker in Nigeria and abroad on arbitration, anti-corruption, asset recovery issues and on the regulation of the legal profession. He is International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) FraudNet’s Nigeria representative. Babajide O. Ogundipe was an officer on the International Bar Association’s anti-corruption and regulation of lawyers’ compliance committees for several years.
Recognised in 2019 by Global Investigation Review as a thought leader and "a leading light in the Nigerian market with impressive experience. Interviewees describe him as a 'great lawyer to work with'.
Olatunde Ogundipe Director
Managing director Soob compliance and advisory services limited; Olatunde Ogundipe is an investigator/analyst with Sofunde, Osakwe, Ogundipe & Belgore. He studied law and electrical and electronic engineering at Essex University and Loughborough University, respectively. Prior to joining the firm in 2018, he had been conducting investigations on a contractual basis for 7 years.
Babafemi Ogundipe Director
Managing Director
With more than fifteen years of cross-border experience spanning finance, investment advisory, and creative-sector development, Babafemi Ogundipe has led OGZ Ventures through its evolution from a brand consultancy into a multi-jurisdictional advisory platform.
He oversees all structuring mandates, investor relations, and strategic partnerships.
His expertise covers trade finance, asset tokenisation, and structured project funding, particularly in energy, infrastructure, and creative IP.
“Our priority is precision, we build structures that work in practice, not theory.”
LEADERSHIP PHILOSOPHY
“We are not dealmakers. We are bridge-builders — connecting ambition, structure, and integrity.”— Babafemi Ogundipe, Managing Director