He graduated in Accounting from the University of Lagos in 1985, starting his career as a banker with Nigeria International Bank (Now Citibank Nigeria) in 1986 and later moved to Chartered Bank (Now Stanbic IBTC) as a pioneering member of their team. He left Commercial Banking in 1994 as Deputy General Manager of Commercial Trust Bank, to start Worthwhile Ventures, owners of Locks n Switches.