Dr. Peter Olatunde Bamkole

Dr. Peter Olatunde Bamkole graduated with B.Sc. (Hons) Mechanical Engineering from the University of Greenwich, London, United Kingdom in 1984 and holds an Executive MBA from IESE, Spain/Lagos Business, Lagos (1999) and a PhD in Entrepreneurship and Innovation from the International School of Management, Paris in 2022.

Dr. Bamkole joins the Board of Zenith Bank Plc with robust experience spanning several sectors including oil and gas, public utilities, and executive education.

He worked in African Petroleum Plc between 1985 and 1986 as a Technical Sales and Services Engineer responsible for industrial customers in the entire north and with Elf Oil Nigeria now Total Nigeria Plc between October 1986 and April 1996 where he rose to the position of National Lubricants Manager.

 He also served as an Assistant General Manager with Lagos State Water Corporation between 1996 and 2002.  Dr. Bamkole has been with the Pan-Atlantic University since January 2003 where he served as the pioneer Director of the Enterprise Development Centre of the University. He was appointed as the Chief Operating Officer of the Pan-Atlantic University in January 2023.

He is currently serving in the following capacities:

• Advisory Board Chair of International Breweries Foundation
• Board Chair of Nigeria Climate Innovation Center. 
• BOT Chair, Global Entrepreneurship Network, Nigeria. 
• Chair, Pan-Atlantic University Endowment Fund
• Board member of AIFA Reading Society
• Member, Lagos State Science, Research and Innovation Council (LASRIC), 
• Board Member, Novare Real Estate Companies in Nigeria.

 Dr. Bamkole is a Certified Online Learning Facilitator, Master Trainer, TPMA Certified Assessor, SME Toolkit Trainer as well as Business Edge Trainer and Assessor.