Jameelah SHARRIEFF-AYEDUN

An international professional that brings multi-faceted experience in business, technical and people management. A thought leader with 30 years of experience in defining strategy, developing organizational structure, building diverse winning teams, and delivering results. She is co-founder of CreditRegistry Corporation, a software technology company headquartered in Washington State, USA. In 2014, she was appointed substantive MD/CEO of CreditRegistry Nigeria, the country’s pioneer and largest credit bureau operator, and successfully grew the company to profitability by 858%. Prior to CreditRegistry, Jameelah has had a rewarding engineering career with Microsoft Corporation and General Motors in North America, South America, Europe and Asia.

Graduated with the highest presidential honor, the Stryker Award, from Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) where she received a BSc in Electrical Engineering. She is a Dale Carnegie graduate and a graduate of Stanford Seed Institute for Innovation in Developing Economies, Stanford Graduate School of Business. She attended Wharton School of Business certificate program for Fintech Revolution: Financial Services and Strategies for Digital Transformation and holds a PhD in Credit Management from the London Postgraduate Credit Management College (LPCMC), UK.

Received the CEO Today’s Global Award and is recognized in the Top 30 Leading Women
in Fintech in Nigeria. Jameelah is the first-ambassador for the American Women’s Club in Nigeria and sits on the board of several enterprises and nonprofit organizations.