AOAdvisors – AO Advisors LLC / AO Advisers Ltd.

WELCOME TO

AO Advisors

Advisory and Consulting Services, Principal Investing, Partnership Focused

THE PREMISE

THE RIGHT INVESTMENT PARTNER

01.

The Nigerian and Sub-Saharan economies are experiencing tremendous growth and need substantial foreign direct investment.

02.

Middle Market and start up Nigerian Companies lack capital and do not have the same access to the global investor base that their larger capitalized peers do.

03.

Our goal is to leverage our relationships with owner/operators and total return focused investors; allowing for the flow and sustainable return of capital and returns to both parties.

STRUCTURE AND FOCUS

FIRM STRUCTURE

US BASED, DELAWARE LLC – AO ADVISORS LLC WITH NIGERIA REGISTERED/INCORPORATED SUBSIDIARY – AO ADVISERS LTD.

GEOGRAPHICAL PRESENCE

EQUALLY OWNED PARTNERSHIP WITH NYC BASED STRUCTURING/INVESTING PARTNER AND LAGOS BASED RELATIONSHIP/SOURCING PARTNER.

OUR GOAL

FOCUSED ON HOLISTIC, LONG-TERM, VALUE-CREATING RELATIONSHIPS WITH CREDIBLE INVESTORS, MANAGEMENT TEAMS AND OPERATORS. STRONG FOCUS ON REPUTATION MANAGEMENT.

SECTOR DIVERSITY

INDUSTRY FOCUS: CONSUMER, RETAIL, FOOD & BEVERAGE, MEDIA & TELECOM, HEALTHCARE, STRUCTURED FINANCE, INTERNET AND TECHNOLOGY START UPS.

EXPERIENCE PROFESSIONALS WITH STRONG AFRICAN NETWORKS

STRONG NETWORKS DEVELOPED BY THE PARTNERS OVER A COMBINED 25+ YEARS OF INTERNATIONAL AND AFRICA FOCUSED FINANCE AND INVESTING WORK EXPERIENCE.

AO Ventures

AO Ventures is an incubation initiative at AO Advisors that marries our advisory skill, investment experience, local expertise and sweat equity into the creation of and support of promising, high growth, high return, revenue generating emerging ventures as portfolio companies within the Nigerian and Sub Saharan Africa context. AO Ventures hopes to help nurture, incubate and accelerate the growth of strictly vetted and handpicked emerging ventures in the hopes of creating fast growing, highly scale-able companies that can monetize their advantages, generate strong returns for investors and create new ecosystems and avenues of commerce and innovation.

OUR CAPABILITIES

Capital Introduction – to Local HNW Individuals and Foreign Capital providers.

Financial Modeling, Financial Analysis, Transaction Structuring with international best practices and complimented by local, on the ground knowledge and real time access to critical information and decision makers.

Local Deal Sourcing through our relationships with local Commercial and Merchant banks including sourcing local USD Bank Debt and Structured credit paper.

Superior Research Capability – augmented by world class, experienced research staff and strong relationships with experienced sub contractors.

Proprietary Middle Market Deal Origination – based on our strong relationships with Nigerian Corporates. We also engage in exclusive mandates that we structure on a “reverse inquiry” basis.

MANAGEMENT TEAM

We are a team of highly trained professionals dedicated to applying our knowlegde, skills, and diverse cultural backgrounds to provide an efficient service to all our clients

Babawole (“Baba”) Akin-Aina

Partner

Over 10 years of financial markets experience at Guggenheim Partners, Sandell Asset Management, Dune Capital, and Deutsche Bank. Credit Market Specialist. Value Investing philosophy.

Extensive investment and analysis experience. Was most recently a Credit Portfolio Manager for ~$15bn in US & European Focused High Yield and Bank Loan Assets at Guggenheim Partners.

Education: BA in Economics from the University of Michigan. MBA in Finance, Value Investing and Entrepreneurship from Columbia Business School.

Adewale Odugbesan