Mr. Folusho Phillips graduated as an Industrial Economist from the University of Wales, Cardiff in 1974. He joined the British Gas Corporation as a graduate Trainee Accountant where he qualified as a Cost and Management Accountant in 1976.

In 1977, he joined the Lucas Electrical Company (based in Birmingham, England) as a Systems Accountant where he was subsequently promoted to the position of Management Accountant. He left the UK for Nigeria in 1979 to work with the Pfizer Group, initially as their Systems Accountant and then subsequently as the Financial Controller and Company Secretary of their Livestock Feeds Division.

In 1985, he relocated to the UK, to work as a Management Consultant at Coopers & Lybrand International. During his tenure, he undertook and managed, financial management, costing, computer systems and organization development assignments in the UK, Northern Ireland, parts of Europe and West African countries.

In 1990, he returned to Nigeria after being appointed the General Manager, Finance for the SCOA Group in Nigeria. He held the position for two years before setting up Phillips Consulting Limited.

Mr. Phillips has gained tremendous international functional and management experience at very senior levels and has thus specialized in accounting, finance, costing, information technology, management systems, organization development and general management.

He is a certified Management and Chartered Accountant.