Dr. Nicholas Nyamali is the Group Managing Director of Investment One Financial Services Group.
He holds two master’s degrees, one in Law (LLM) and the other in Economics (MSc), from the University of Lagos. Additionally, he has an MBA from the prestigious London Business School, and a Doctorate in Business Administration (DBA) from the University of Warwick, United Kingdom.
His professional journey commenced as a Barrister and Solicitor with Haruna & Co., Nigeria. Subsequently, he transitioned to providing business consulting services to multinational companies entering Nigeria as a consultant with Coopers & Lybrand (now PricewaterhouseCoopers). Later, he joined Guaranty Trust Bank Plc, where he worked in various teams, including legal, corporate banking, and corporate finance. Subsequently, he relocated to the United Kingdom and worked with Barclays Capital and McKinsey & Co in London. Upon his return to Nigeria in 2007, he founded Investment One Financial Services Limited (formerly GTB Asset Management Limited, a subsidiary of Guaranty Trust Bank Plc). In 2011, he led the management buyout of the company from Guaranty Trust Bank Plc, with the vision of transforming it into Africa’s preeminent investment management and investment banking group.
He is a Global Advisory Council Member of the Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment Council, a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (UK), and a member of the Institute of Securities & Investment (UK). Additionally, he serves as a Trustee of the Fund Managers Association of Nigeria and a member of the Statutory Audit Committee of Dangote Cement Plc, the largest cement manufacturer in Sub-Saharan Africa and Nigeria’s largest listed company. From 2017 to 2023, he was a member of the Technical Committee of the Nigerian National Council on Privatisation. In 2021 and 2023, he was recognised as the Investment CEO of the Year by the BusinessDay Bank and other Financial Institutions (BAFI) Award.

David is the Chief Operating Officer of Investment One Global Advisors. He is a Chartered Accountant with experience in assurance and latterly corporate finance before leaving practice to work in the financial services sector in the early 1990s. He was the European Finance Director for Garban Plc and, following the merger, ICAP Plc with subsequent responsibility for the back-office functions and prudential regulation (including extensive negotiation with the FSA). He later joined Exotix in 2007 as the Chief Operating Officer, managing the group’s expansion and regulatory relation including the establishment of regulated business in the US and the UAE, as well as the development of the UK businesses (broking and asset management).
Following his departure as managing partner of Exotix, he became a consultant to asset managers and capital raisers on compliance matters, regulatory applications and business practices before joining Investment One Global Advisors in 2021.
David holds a Bsc in Chemistry from Newcastle University.

Janaka is the Chief Investment Officer and Head of Funds for Investment One Global Advisors.
Janaka started his career working at Macquarie Bank Australia in Investment Banking. He then moved to Investec initially in Australia and then UK focusing on Real Estate direct principal and mezzanine investments across Australia and then latterly the UK and Europe. Janaka then joined M&G Investments as Director responsible for over £6.5bn of commercial real estate direct, syndications and debt. Following this he joined Chalkhill Partners as Head of Strategy focusing on real estate and structured products.
Prior to joining Investment One Janaka was at Ignis Asset Management (which was acquired by Standard Life and then became Abrdn). He was an Investment Director and Fund manager responsible for Multi Sector Private Credit, Structured Credit and Commercial Real Estate debt.