Segun has over 20 years’ experience in healthcare, corporate finance, management consulting investment banking and private equity.

Prior to joining Capitaltrust as the Chief Investment Officer, Segun was an Investment Principal with Aureos Capital, a leading mid-market investor in emerging markets, and subsequently became a Director with The Abraaj Group following the latter’s acquisition of Aureos in 2012. While at Aureos and Abraaj, Segun was a member of the investment teams on various regional and specialist funds, including the $50m Aureos West Africa Fund, the $380m Aureos Africa Fund, the $105m Africa Health Fund and the $1b Abraaj Growth Markets Health Fund, where his responsibilities included both deal origination and portfolio management. Segun was Lead Health Specialist on the Africa Health Fund where he led and supported investments aimed at increasing quality, access and affordability of healthcare in key markets within sub-Saharan Africa.

Segun had also worked with FCMB, Accenture, Leadbank, PricewaterhouseCoopers and Afrinvest West Africa where he advised on landmark capital raising and M&A transactions in various sectors. Segun started his career as a medical intern with the University College Hospital, Ibadan. He served as a medical officer at the Apapa General Hospital in 1999 during the mandatory National Youth Service Corp program, after which he changed careers and moved to financial services.

Segun holds an MBA from the Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a MBBS degree from the College of Medicine, University of Ibadan.