Habeeb Gbenle is a Chartered Accountant and an Associate Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountant of Nigeria (ACA) and certified by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) on Business Valuation. He is also a Certified Islamic Finance Executive (CIFE) with Ethica Institute of Islamic Finance Dubai.

He is a Finance and Investment professional with over 6 years experience in financial analysis and reporting, Islamic finance product development and structuring, Financial Modelling and Valuation as well as Venture Investments. Prior to joining Capital trust, Habeeb worked with the LoftyInc Group where he doubled as the Head of Finance and also an Investment & Risk Management. In these roles, he was responsible for treasury management, financial reporting, tax compliance while on the investment side, he was charged with analysing portfolio performance, identifying and evaluating potential investments along with measuring potential hazards and risks involved. He has helped early-stage Start-ups with financial modelling and valuation which positioned them to raise about two million dollars in seed investments rounds. He also worked at Lotus Capital Limited and Halal Takaful (Cornerstone Insurance Plc).

Habeeb is also a trained professional on Impact measurement and report with the Global Impact Investor Network (GIIN) on Impact measurement and standard for tracking performance of portfolio companies.

Habeeb currently works with Capital Trust Investments & Asset Management Ltd as a Fund Accountant/ Shariah Compliance Officer. In this role he is responsible for daily valuation of the fund, ensuring compliance of transactions and portfolio management.