Tayo Odunsi is a Chartered Surveyor with over 10 years of professional real estate experience. He holds an undergraduate degree in Estate Management from the University of Lagos, an M.Sc. Real Estate Finance and Investment degree from the Henley Business School, University of Reading UK, as well as an MBA from the Imperial College in London. Some of his previous roles were at FBN Capital, GTHomes and ARM Investment Managers. He is a Fellow of RICS, a member of PMI, the NESG and the African Real Estate Society. He also serves as a Director at Ventures Park.

Michael co-founded Sunbird Africa in 2014, a company providing flexible workspace, fit out and facilities management. Responding to client demand and the market opportunity, Sunbird recently rebranded its flexible office business to Kofisi, dedicated to being Africa’s top provider of sophisticated and inspirational work places. Sunbird is operational in over six African countries Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, South Africa, and Nigeria. Kofisi has office centres in Nigeria, Kenya, Tanzania, and South Africa. Michael qualified as a chartered accountant with Arthur Andersen from the ICAEW in 2003 and holds an MA in Social and Political Sciences from St. Catherine’s College, Cambridge University, obtained in 2002. He is passionate about family, wellness, and creating systems to support entrepreneurship globally.

Jemil Dawodu brings a wealth of international industry experience to the company. Prior to joining CBRE Excellerate, he worked at various public sector authorities on their real estate portfolio (i.e. Newham, Woolwich, Haringey, Swale etc.), Cluttons LLP, CBRE and Strettons in London as part general practice surveyor, valuation, property management, asset management and corporate real estate. He has a degree in Estate Management and a Post Graduate Diploma in Property Development and Planning from the London South Bank University, UK and is a member of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (UK). 6th December 2018, CBRE Group, Inc. (NYSE: CBRE) announced that it has agreed to form a joint venture with Excellerate Property Services (Excellerate is the parent company of Holdco EPS Nigeria Limited) to meet the growing demand for high-quality real estate services in Africa and the Middle East. The joint venture, CBRE Excellerate, will merge CBRE’s facilities management operations in Africa and the Middle East with several of Excellerate’ s businesses, including corporate real estate services, facilities management, valuation and project management services as well as property management services outside of South Africa.

A registered and chartered architect with over 30 years’ experience in Nigeria and the UK, Erejuwa is an experienced real estate and property consultant, with experience of working within Nigeria’s fast-paced real estate market. Having worked for many years in the UK, Erejuwa returned to Nigeria in 2008 to head up Broll Property Services Ltd., (the Nigerian affiliate of CBRE), a position she held for over 5 years. During her tenure, she interfaced with numerous clients including Chapel Hill Denham, The Rivers’ State Government, Airtel, Maersk, the UK Foreign Office, the US Consulate and Southern Energyx to name a few, as well as many financial based institutions such as Standard Chartered Bank, Actis, FBN Capital, Stanbic IBTC, AXA-Mansard, African Capital Alliance and Alpine, steering the company from a little-known real estate firm, into the foremost, all-inclusive property services firm in Nigeria In 2014, Erejuwa first consulted for the prestigious UK firm, Cluttons LLP, then was appointed CEO of the Nigerian subsidiary, with the mandate to grow that firm in the Nigerian real estate space. The oldest property services firm in the UK, Cluttons LLP was also the first “foreign” firm to enter the UAE real estate space. During its short stay in Nigeria, Cluttons grew to having four retails malls, one residential and one commercial property under management, plus consulted for the likes of Shell, Cummins, Huawei, Nokia, AXA-Mansard, Harps, Afriland and South Energyx. Erejuwa is a member of the Royal Institute of British Architects and holds an MBA from Henley Business School.