Tolulope Ariyibi-Oke - Executive Director
As CEO of the Metropolitan School of Business Management (MSBM), a lawyer at heart, Tolu brings vision, innovation, and a deep commitment to inclusive growth.
Her work in digital education, enterprise acceleration, and cross-border collaboration has inspired a new model for sustainable SME development.
Mrs. Tolulope Ariyibi-Oke is an accomplished behavioural systems strategist, inclusive design professional, and multi-sector transformation leader with nearly two decades of experience across Africa, the Middle East, and the United Kingdom. Over a 19-year career, she has shaped policy, product, and organisational systems in education, digital access, governance, telecommunications, and financial inclusion contexts, consistently designing solutions that work for underserved and low-income populations.
Her work is recognised for embedding dignity, trust, behavioural feasibility, and user legitimacy into system design—key attributes for digital and financial inclusion at scale.
For over a decade, Mrs. Ariyibi-Oke has provided strategic leadership at MSBM UK, driving market expansion, institutional innovation, and inclusive access to executive and professional education across Africa, Asia, and the Middle East.
Her experience spans:
- Government and institutional partnerships
- Multi-country programme delivery
- Curriculum innovation for emerging markets
- Digital access strategies for underserved learners
- Commercial and public-value leadership
Her early legal career provided strong foundations in regulatory interpretation, rights-based frameworks, policy analysis, and institutional accountability. She advised on high-impact cases, supported litigation strategy, and engaged in public interest legal work—experience that later informed her approach to consumer protection, redress mechanisms, and behavioural policy design.
Mrs. Tolulope holds an MBA from the University of Sussex, a Level 7 Diploma in Strategic Management & Leadership, and an LL.B in Law. She is a Chartered Manager (CMI UK) with work experience across Nigeria, the UAE, and the United Kingdom. She is fluent in English at an excellent level in speaking, reading, and writing.
Across all her roles, she is distinguished by her ability to:
- Understand behavioural patterns in underserved populations
- Build trust-based frameworks that improve adoption and compliance
- Translate legal, social, and behavioural insights into actionable design
- Facilitate multi-stakeholder alignment in complex ecosystems
- Champion dignity-first, user-centered solutions
Her cross-disciplinary background—spanning law, strategic management, behavioural insight, digital inclusion, and public-facing systems—positions her strongly for leadership.
