Managing Director
Oludare Odetunde.
Oludare is a Master of Science degree holder in Statistics from the University of Ibadan. He graduated
with a Bachelor of Science degree in Statistics from the University of Ilorin, Ilorin. Having worked
briefly as a bank Executive with First City Monument Bank in 2007, Dare started his research career
in 2008 with Communication and Marketing Research Group Limited (CMRG) as a Research
Executive and rose through the ranks until he became Associate Director in 2017. Having left
CMRG, Dare became the pioneer Account Director at Fantein Nigeria Limited and contributed
immensely to the growth of the business before joining the FDS team.
Dare has satisfactorily handled several large research projects across all 36 states in Nigeria plus FCT,
Abuja and has successfully managed data collection across Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Chad, Niger
Republic, Senegal and Zimbabwe amongst others.
With over 15 years Marketing Research experience, his research experience cut across Telecoms
studies, FMCG, Finance, Agro Allied Businesses, Oil & Gas, and other sectors.
Dare is a member of the Association of Economists and Statisticians of Nigeria (AESN) and a full member
of the Nigerian Marketing Research Association ( NiMRA). Also, an Associate Member, Market Research
Society, United Kingdom (MRS, UK).
Oludare joins FDS Africa Limited as the Managing Director.