Benjamin Akande

Senior Vice President, Chief Corporate Responsibility Officer, Stifel

Dr. Benjamin Ola. Akande, a Nigerian born American, is Senior Vice President, Chief Corporate Responsibility Officer, Stifel, a 130-year-old wealth management and investment banking firm.

Dr. Akande has served as President of Champlain College in Burlington, Vermont; President of Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri; Assistant Vice Chancellor of International Programs at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, and Professor of Economics Dean of the Walker School of Business and Technology, Webster University.

Dr. Akande has contributed to CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360, CBS Evening News, and a regular on St. Louis local FOX, ABC and NBC stations. His commentaries have appeared in USA TODAY, Financial Times, and on public radio’s Marketplace.

Dr. Akande holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Oklahoma and completed post-doctoral studies at JFK School of Government at Harvard University.

Dr. Akande and his wife, Bola, a pharmacist and entrepreneur, have three adult daughters.