Ayokunle Akinkugbe, holds a B.Sc. (Econs.) Hons. degree in Accountancy from the University College Cardiff in Wales, U.K. Upon graduation, he returned to Nigeria in 1985 to cut his teeth in the Nigerian business environment.
Since 1990, he has established and nurtured a number of entrepreneurial enterprises in the areas of Event Management, Hospitality Services, Personnel Management and Insurance Brokerage into robust, best in class businesses.
In 1995, Kunle was drafted into the family business to support the foreign management of a local joint venture between Linkup Investments (family holding company), Atlas Copco CME AB and Nitro Nobel AB.
Currently, Kunle serves as the Managing Director of Linkup Investments Limited and directly oversees the operations of it’s subsidiaries, Linkup Logistics Limited (Key Distributor for Pernod Ricard) and Alma Stores Limited (Key Distributor for Diageo), in the area of retail redistribution and 3rd party logistics (3PL) for some of the world’s best known FMCG brands from global category leaders.
He is also a co-founder of a leading not-for-profit private school, Lagos Preparatory & Secondary School and serves as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of The Irede Foundation, an NGO providing prosthetic limbs for child amputees.
