Dami Odetola brings over two decades of banking experience.

He is currently Vice President at National Cooperative Bank and responsible for providing banking solutions for Cooperatives, Independent Business Owners, Middle Market Businesses, CDFIs and CLTs and Cooperative like businesses across the country.  Since joining the bank in 2008, Dami has served in various positions, including relationship manager for NCB’s business cooperatives, credit analyst in the corporate banking department and asset manager in NCB’s risk management department. 

Dami is an avid promoter of cooperatives and Impact Finance and as such serves on the boards of several organizations including Local Enterprise Assistance Fund (LEAF), Keystone Development Center (KDC), The ICA Group and The Fund for Jobs Worth Owning. He also serves as the NCBA Co-Chair – on the Cooperative Development Program Council. 

Dami has advised several Organizations, Corporate entities, States and National governments on the Cooperative business models, Cooperative banks and the impact and importance of the cooperative business model.  In 2021, he was appointed as a member by the United Nations to the Youth Committee for the inaugural International Year of Cooperatives. 

He holds a bachelor’s degree in economics, a Master’s of Science in Finance, a Master’s in Business Administration, a Diploma from the Stonier Graduate School of Banking and a Wharton School Leadership Certificate.  

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