Victoria is a seasoned business executive and chartered accountant. She wears multiple hats as a career professional, an entrepreneur and a socialpreneur. She is the founder of Nigeria’s foremost leading multistore and electronic gift card company, Emerald Cards Solutions. She is also the author of the book, The Precision-Led Woman, A Definitive Guide To Landing Leadership Positions.

She is an elected member of the global governing council of The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) where she serves on the Remuneration Committee. She is a member of the Institute of Directors and The Society for Corporate Governance , Nigeria. She also currently serves on the Advisory Board of a gender finance and impact investment Fintech.

Victoria is a staunch advocate for women’s leadership. Her desire to see women rise to the uppermost echelons of their career led to the establishment of an Accounting Women’s Network where she is actively involved in encouraging, engaging, and equipping women to develop their capacity for executive and strategic leadership.  She is a mentor to many women aspiring to have a career in finance through a structured mentoring programme within her network.  As a gender equality proponent and supporter of SDG 5, she founded (WIBA),Women Inclusive Boardroom Africa, a social enterprise that aims to develop a pipeline of middle and senior level women ready for the boardroom.

She is an ardent promoter of financial inclusion and financial literacy. Through her free Financial Wellness workshops, she helps individuals and staff of various organisations understand how to create a personal financial plan and meet their long term financial goals using a 3-step model she developed.

Victoria has an MBA from IESE Business School, Spain, a Master’s in Financial Management from Liverpool John Moores University, U.K. and a BSc.(Hons) in Applied Accounting from Oxford Brookes University. She is also an alumnus of; Executive programmes at Cambridge Judge Business School & Harvard Business School.

She is happily married to Adedayo Ajayi, with two children and lives in Lagos, Nigeria.