Mr. Olakunle Alake is the Group Vice President, DIL Businesses. He started his career with PricewaterhouseCoopers, a firm of Chartered Accountants, in September 1984 and resigned in 1990 to join Liberty Merchant Bank Limited, a financial institution of the Dangote Group, as the Financial Controller.

In August 1993, he was appointed Managing Director/Chief Executive of Liberty Merchant Securities Limited. He was the Management Consultant and part of the team that provided turn around services for a smooth take-over of International Trust Bank Plc by the Dangote Group in August 1996.

In July 1997, he moved to the Group Corporate office as the Financial Controller and Head of Strategic Services. He was appointed to the Board as Executive Director and given the responsibility for Group strategy in 2001.

In January 2007, he was appointed the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the Group. He was the Group Managing Director (GMD) of Dangote Industries Limited until March 2024.

He serves on the board of Dangote Sugar Refinery Plc, NASCON Allied Industries Plc, and Dangote Cement Plc. Mr. Alake holds a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife (1983) and is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria.