Olayinka David-West

Olayinka David-West is a Nigerian academic and Dean of Lagos Business School(LBS), Pan-Atlantic University in Lagos, Nigeria. She is the program lead for the Sustainable and Inclusive Digital Financial Services (SIDFS) initiative, which is dedicated to conducting research, engaging stakeholders, and proposing policy amendments to enhance financial inclusion in Nigeria.

David-West is LBS' fifth Dean and the second woman to hold the position, following Professor Enase Okonedo who was dean from 2009 to 2020. She partners with organizations such as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and MasterCard Centre for Inclusive Growth to advance financial inclusion and entrepreneurship in Nigeria through the SIDFS initiative. In 2019, David-West was appointed a Professor of Information Systems and featured in the Tech Women of Lagos exhibition as one of the leading women in Nigeria's financial technology industry.

She is a member of the implementation team for the Aso Accord on Economic and Financial Inclusion, an initiative, unveiled by Vice President of Nigeria, Kashim Shettima, designed to create a model and framework for enhancing economic and financial inclusion in Nigeria.