ROLE PLAYERS 2018 - Temitayo Ade-Peters


Temitayo Ade-Peters

Head CSR and Sustainability
First City Monument Bank (FCMB) Limited

Temitayo Ade-Peters is a bilingual (French/ English) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) advocate and eco-segment leader with over 13 years' experience in the operations, communications and sustainability fields. She serves as Sustainability Advisor for Equip Solicitors and is currently Head, CSR at one of the leading banks in Nigeria. Her immediate pursuit after joining the bank, was to bring improved structure to its sustainability efforts, and elevate its profile amongst stakeholders through impact-focused initiatives. This journey has seen the bank earn several recognitions and sustainability awards.

She is also the founder and Community Development Manager of WeForGood.co, a social network that brings people together to act on causes they care about. WeForGood employs technology as an enabler for effective citizenship, collaboration and participation in fulfillment of the SDGs, and for the overall wellbeing of communities.

In her previous role as Lead, Communications International for another top bank, she initiated its sustainability strategy migration for local adaptation at subsidiaries across Africa, endearing the bank to the nationals.

Temitayo is passionate about partnerships and she actively promotes collaborative participation, and employee volunteering in addressing issues of collective concern.

Her personal mantra is: "You can start the change you want to see."