Board of Directors

Ugbede Nelson Attah is a seasoned investment professional with diverse experience in fund/portfolio management, securities and commodities trading, financial advisory, investment advisory services and marketing of various financial instruments. He is the pioneer Group Managing Director/CEO of Lighthouse Capital Limited and thus responsible for the strategic direction of the firm, as well as overseeing all securities trading business.

Ugbede has over 18 years’ experience in Investment Banking, Securities and Commodities, Fund Arrangement and Investment Management/Portfolio Management and has successfully arranged financing more than US$10billon across multiple sectors i.e., oil & gas, financial services, etc. in his investment banking career to date.

Prior to his current role, he worked with Veritas Glanvills Pensions Limited as Head of Investment, where he successfully grew the Assets Under Management (AUM) from US$165million to over US$300million. He also worked at TAK Asset Management Limited as Head of Funds Management where he also managed assets of more than US$2billion for entities under the TAK Group.

He started his Investment Management career with Capital Bancorp Plc as an Investment Analyst managing the corporate clients’ portfolio and High Net worth Individuals as well as cross selling of financial products within the Capital Bancorp Group.

Holds an MBA from Business School of Netherlands and BA in Public Administration, from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers (CIS), an Associate Member of Commodities Brokers Association of Nigeria and Nigerian Institute of Management (NIM). He is an authorized dealing clerk on the floor of the Nigeria Stock Exchange (NSE), a Sponsored Individual with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and an Approved Person by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), United Kingdom.