About Gani.
How I got from a branch in Lagos to Capital Markets in Toronto — and what it costs to work through your own version of it with me.
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Gani Aderibigbe
Senior Banking Professional · Capital Markets
I didn't have a
blueprint.
I started as Assistant Branch Manager at Access Bank Plc in Nigeria — young, ambitious, and figuring out how banking actually worked from the inside. Nobody handed me a guide. I pieced it together through experience, mentors, and making mistakes in front of customers.
After two years, I wanted more. I left for the UK, completed an MSc in Business Analytics, navigated a Student Visa, and landed at JPMorgan Chase in London as a Business Analyst. Over four years I progressed to Senior Project Manager across Regulatory Controls and Asset Servicing — on a Tier 2 Visa.
Then Canada. A new immigration system, a new banking culture, a new city. I'm now a Permanent Resident working at a leading global bank in Toronto as a Senior Banking Professional in Capital Markets.
I'm 32. Three countries. Two visa systems. Five banking divisions. And I still don't think there's a single place that explains all of it clearly — for people like me, coming from where I came from.
Banking Decoded is that place. The guide I wish had existed when I started.
Started in retail banking managing branch operations, customer relationships, and consumer lending. This is where I learned the fundamentals — how banks actually make money and how to talk to customers about it.
Left a stable job to bet on myself. The MSc gave me the technical edge I needed to move into investment banking operations and gave me a UK base to launch from.
Joined one of the world's largest investment banks and progressed from BA to Senior PM. Worked across regulatory change programmes and asset servicing. Learned what Tier 1 banking really looks like from the inside.
Made the move to Canada through the immigration system, secured PR, and joined my current employer's Capital Markets division. Now in Toronto — and building Banking Decoded on the side so others don't have to figure all of this out alone.
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