FunsoDoherty
From Wakeman Street to Wall Street,
and back to the city that raised him —
this is the journey that brought him here.
A Life, By The Years
Dr. Henry Doherty, Funso's father, is born in Lagos.
His father completes medical training in Glasgow, Scotland, and returns home to serve.
Funso Doherty is born in Lagos, 16 June — raised on Wakeman Street, Yaba.
Head Boy at Corona School, Victoria Island — the first of a lifelong pattern.
Graduates from the University of Lagos with honours in Accounting.
After NYSC and Arthur Andersen & Co., joins ARM — pioneering Nigeria's mutual fund industry.
Marries Dr. Orode Omolara Williams.
Harvard MBA complete. Joins Goldman Sachs in New York — present in Manhattan on 9/11.
Returns to Nigeria as pioneer MD/CEO of ARM Pension Managers.
Steps back from ARM to focus on private investing.
MD/CEO of ValuAlliance Asset Management, alongside African Capital Alliance.
Nominated Director-General of the National Pension Commission.
Completes his tenure at PAL Pensions, then runs for Governor of Lagos State — finishing fourth.
Ó Ti Yá. He runs again — for the city that raised him.