Prof. Mutiu Abimbola Oyinlola

Chief Economist and Group Head, Research, Bank of Industry (BOI), Nigeria

Professor Mutiu Abimbola Oyinlola is the Chief Economist and Group Head of Research at the Bank of Industry (BOI), Nigeria’s leading development finance institution. In this role, he leads the Bank’s economic intelligence, policy analysis and research agenda, shaping its strategy, financing priorities and development impact.

A Professor of Economics, he previously served at the University of Ibadan. His research spans international macroeconomics, international finance and development economics, with a focus on financial development, economic growth, institutional quality and inclusive development in Africa.
He has published widely in peer-reviewed journals and contributes actively to economic policy research and dialogue.

Professor Oyinlola is a Senior Fellow of the Nigerian Economic Summit Group’s (NESG) Non-Residential Fellowship Programme. He has also served as a visiting lecturer at the African Economic Research Consortium’s (AERC) Joint Facility for Electives in Nairobi, Kenya. He is the Managing Editor of the BOI Journal of Development Finance.

His current work centres on advancing evidence-based development finance, industrial-sector intelligence and policy research that drive productive investment, green industrialisation and sustainable economic transformation across Africa.