Temi Popoola

Temi Popoola CFA (born June 17, 1980) is a Nigerian financial services executive currently serving as the CEO of Nigerian Exchange (NGX) Limited, a subsidiary of The Nigerian Exchange Group.

Early life and education
Born in 1980, Popoola bolds a Bachelor of Science degree  in Chemical Engineering from the University of Lagos in 2002. He earned a Master of Science degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 2006, where he was twice awarded the MIT Rozeau Fellowship.

Career
Popoola began his career in London in 2002. Later in 2006, he worked at Bank of America Securities in New York, where he gained experience as a trader in Equity Derivatives. In 2009, he joined United Bank for Africa PLC as the Head of Structured Products and Investments.

Popoola as the Director of Sales & Sales Trading at CSL Stockbrokers in Lagos, Nigeria from 2010 to 2015. He joined Renaissance Capital in 2015 and rose to the position of CEO for Nigeria & West Africa.

In 2021, The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) was demutualized leading to the emergence of the Nigerian Exchange Group (NGX Group) Plc and three subsidiaries namely; Nigerian Exchange (NGX) Limited, NGX Regulation (NGX RegCo) Limited, and NGX Real Estate (NGX RelCo) Limited. Temi Popoola was subsequently appointed the CEO of the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) Limited.

Popoola currently serves as an elected executive committee and board member of the African Securities Exchanges Association and a member of the African Financial Industry Summit. He is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers (CIS).