Ohikhateme Ivan Kadiri

How I help mentees

I would like to support the mentees by providing practical, experience-based guidance that helps them make clearer decisions, avoid common mistakes, and accelerate their growth. My goal is to be both a resource and a sounding board, helping them navigate their personal and professional journeys with more clarity and confidence.

Because of my background across development finance, fintech, product development, and strategic partnerships, I can add value in the following ways:

1. Career Navigation & Professional Clarity

Helping mentees define realistic goals and build actionable growth plans

Guiding them on positioning themselves for opportunities

Reviewing CVs, LinkedIn profiles, and helping craft strong personal narratives

2. Product, Strategy & Business Development Insight

Sharing practical knowledge from working in product development and strategic alliances

Helping mentees understand how to structure ideas, develop products, or refine business concepts

Teaching them how to build partnership strategies, pitch ideas, or negotiate collaborations

3. Access to Opportunities & Exposure

Sharing scholarships, grants, programmes, and courses relevant to their interests

Showing them how to craft strong applications based on what has worked for me

4. Practical Knowledge of MSME Financing & Development Banking

Explaining industry concepts in simple terms

Helping mentees understand financial literacy, MSME financing, and opportunities in development finance

Guiding those interested in banking, fintech, or development work

5. Personal Growth, Confidence & Mindset Building

Helping mentees sharpen communication, confidence, and strategic thinking

Sharing lessons learned from my own journey—transitioning across industries, breaking into new roles, and leading high-stake work

Encouraging them to build discipline, resilience, and intentionality

Key accomplishments

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS
Development Bank of Nigeria (DBN)
• Designed the pioneering framework to guide credit underwriting for Fintech Business in Nigeria.
• Signed and onboarded over 20 Fintech (Lending market leaders) across our focus areas with a
revenue pipeline of over $850k
• Collaborated with the IT and Products team to automate the onboarding for direct lending
customers on our Lending platform.
• Spearheaded the establishment and management of the Fintech Desk at DBN, positioning the
Bank as a leading wholesale lender to Nigeria’s digital financial ecosystem.

Duplo Limited
• Generated over 60% of the team’s new business revenue goals for the quarter from global
businesses.
• Signed and onboarded over 40 merchants with a revenue pipe line of over $240,000 by for Q1
2025.
• Collaborated with the compliance and customer success team on a KYC automation Project
for the Company
• Closing a deal with PAPSS to facilitate intra Africa trade for the Duplo’s customers
• Key member of a strategic team that focused on expansion plans across Africa by leveraging local strategic partnerships while ensuring individual regulatory compliance.

Fincra Technologies
• Generated over 40% of the team’s new business revenue goals for the quarter from businesses
in EMEA and North America Region.
• Signed and onboarded over 80 merchants with a revenue pipe line of over $800,000.00 by Q4
2024.
• Developed a handbook/framework for lead management that addresses the customer
experience flow from lead qualification to the integration stage, in ensuring a seamless
transition for the merchant is achieved.
• Promoted to Acting Head of Sales to drive the sales and operational efforts for the team.
• Developed an SOP for the sales team in ensuring operational excellence.
• Key member of a strategic team that focused on expansion plans across Africa by leveraging local strategic partnerships while ensuring individual regulatory compliance.
Okra Technologies
• Generated over 60% of Okra’s new business revenue goals for the year, surpassing my on-track
target for FY 2023 (101% achieved).
• Signed onboarded over 56 startups to large corporates with a sales pipe line of over
$200,000.00 in FY 2023.
• Successfully qualified and handed over 80 clients to the Account Executives in Q4 2022.
• Organized a successful lending webinar that led to generation of new leads with potential
revenues of over $1.2m.

Access Bank PLC
• Surpassed Liability and Profitability Targets by 120% and 150% respectively at HY 2021.
• Reduced AML breaches by 20% within my zone.
• Surpassed digital payment channels targets by 290% at HY 2021.
• Nominated as Brand Ambassador for Access Bank at the Group CEO awards for 2021.
• Surpassed Liability and Profitability Targets by 200% and 150% respectively in FY 2020.
• Created tax payment opportunities from NPDC for the bank that led to a new revenue
stream.
• Signed on over 30 new contractors and vendors to NNPC in 2020.
• Collaborated with the product management unit to roll out an innovation that birthed an
enhancement on the account statements generation module on our mobile banking
application (Access More).
• Surpassed Liability and Profitability Targets by 300% and 250% respectively that led to an
early promotion in 2017.
• top (three)3 on the leaderboard for the entire Bank’s special retail sales drive (2017)
• Signed on over 60 new contractors and vendors to NPDC (2017 to 2019).