Strategic Investment Leadership
Babajide David AwolowoResponsible for global macroeconomic interpretation, emerging-market investment strategy, portfolio construction, asset allocation and overall risk direction.
INVESTMENT LEADERSHIP
Experience Provides Perspective. Research Provides Evidence.
Blue Meridian Capital's investment leadership brings together global capital-markets experience, emerging-market research, quantitative analysis and disciplined portfolio oversight.
Together, they combine senior investment judgement with detailed research execution.
Meet Babajide David AwolowoMeet Samuel Oluwaseun AdebayoMeet Grace OkaforView the Full Leadership Team
Strong investment decisions begin with experience, but they are strengthened by evidence, discipline and continuous research.
GLOBAL MACROAFRICAN MARKETSQUANTITATIVE RESEARCHPORTFOLIO CONSTRUCTIONRISK OVERSIGHT
Strategic Investment Leadership
Quantitative Execution Leadership
Research and Programme SupportOUR LEADERSHIP APPROACH
Strategy Led by Experience, Strengthened by Technology and Research
Investment management requires strategic perspective, quantitative execution and detailed analytical support.
Quantitative Execution Leadership
Dr Samuel Oluwaseun AdebayoResponsible for Intelligent-HFT systems, algorithmic execution, market-microstructure analysis and the technical implementation of quantitative strategies.
Research and Programme Support
Grace OkaforResponsible for company research, financial-data analysis, African-market monitoring, investment-report preparation and programme execution support.
Global Macro Research
Dr Aris ThorneSupports cross-border macroeconomic research, policy-cycle analysis and the interpretation of liquidity conditions across developed and emerging markets.
Portfolio Risk Analytics
Dr Harrison VanceFocuses on portfolio-risk measurement, scenario review and the analytical frameworks used to monitor concentration, volatility and downside exposure.
Client Partnerships
Victoria SterlingCoordinates investor communication, client partnership support and the organisation of research materials for institutional and private-client engagement.
PARTNER AND SENIOR PORTFOLIO MANAGER
Babajide David Awolowo
Global-Market Experience Informed by Physics and Quantitative Research
Babajide David Awolowo is a Nigerian investment professional based in London and serves as Partner and Senior Portfolio Manager at Blue Meridian Capital.
With close to three decades of experience across international capital markets, his work focuses on global macro investing, African and emerging-market strategy, emerging-market credit, cross-border asset allocation, quantitative modelling and portfolio-risk management.
- Global macroeconomic analysis
- African and emerging-market investment strategy
- BMC Africa Fund portfolio management
- Cross-border asset allocation
- Quantitative-strategy development
- Portfolio construction
- Market and portfolio-risk oversight
- Prime Growth Strategy leadership
MANAGING DIRECTOR AND HEAD OF QUANTITATIVE EXECUTIONView Profile
Dr Samuel Oluwaseun Adebayo
Connecting Quantitative Research with Practical Market Execution
Managing DirectorHead of Quantitative Execution
Dr Samuel Oluwaseun Adebayo is an algorithmic-trading and market-microstructure specialist with approximately 25 years of professional experience across London and international financial markets.
He holds a doctorate in Computational Finance from Imperial College London, specialising in ultra-low-latency algorithms and applied machine learning.
At Blue Meridian Capital, Samuel is responsible for converting physics-led quantitative models into scalable intelligence-supported trading and execution systems. Within Prime Growth Strategy, he leads the explanation, implementation and local deployment of Intelligent-HFT methods.
Principal Responsibilities
- Quantitative-execution strategy
- Intelligent-HFT system development
- Market-microstructure analysis
- Low-latency algorithm deployment
- Automated risk-control systems
- NGX quantitative-strategy implementation
- Technical communication and investor education
- Prime Growth Strategy execution support
INVESTMENT RESEARCH ASSISTANTUniversity of WarwickMaster of Science in Finance University of LagosBachelor of Science in Finance
Grace Okafor
Turning Complex Market Information into Structured Research
Grace Okafor is a Nigerian investment research professional based in London.
Grace supports African-market research, investment analysis, company-fundamental assessment and the preparation of structured portfolio materials.
Her work focuses on understanding company fundamentals, reviewing financial information, monitoring economic developments and organising market evidence for investment discussion.
GLOBAL MACRO RESEARCH DIRECTOR
Dr Aris Thorne
Interpreting Policy Cycles and Cross-Border Capital Conditions
Dr Aris Thorne contributes to Blue Meridian Capital's global macroeconomic research framework, with particular attention to policy cycles, liquidity conditions and the transmission of international market developments into emerging-market portfolios.
His work supports the investment team in organising macroeconomic evidence, comparing alternative scenarios and connecting cross-border research with portfolio discussion.
HEAD OF PORTFOLIO RISK ANALYTICS
Dr Harrison Vance
Bringing Discipline to Risk Measurement and Portfolio Oversight
Dr Harrison Vance focuses on portfolio-risk analytics, scenario review and the practical frameworks used to monitor concentration, volatility and downside exposure.
He works alongside the investment leadership team to ensure that quantitative signals, market conditions and portfolio construction decisions are reviewed within a clear risk structure.
HEAD OF CLIENT PARTNERSHIPS
Victoria Sterling
Connecting Research Insight with Clear Investor Communication
Victoria Sterling leads client-partnership support at Blue Meridian Capital, helping organise investor communication, research materials and engagement pathways for institutional and private clients.
Her role is to ensure that complex investment research is presented clearly, and that client conversations remain aligned with the firm's analytical standards and service framework.
HOW THEY WORK TOGETHER
Connecting Strategic Direction with Detailed Research
Babajide defines the strategic direction. Samuel develops the quantitative execution framework. Grace, Aris, Harrison and Victoria strengthen research, risk oversight and client communication around that core.
Strategic Direction
Babajide identifies the principal macroeconomic, portfolio and risk questions influencing African and emerging-market strategy.
Quantitative Implementation
Samuel converts strategic and quantitative concepts into practical analytical, execution and risk-monitoring processes.
Research Preparation
Grace and Aris gather and organise relevant company, industry, financial and macroeconomic information.
Portfolio Review
The wider team considers how market information, quantitative signals, company fundamentals and risk analytics may affect portfolio allocation.
Programme and Client Execution
Babajide provides overall direction, Samuel leads technical implementation, and Grace, Harrison and Victoria support research materials, risk review and client communication.
Strategic experience defines direction. Quantitative technology strengthens execution. Research provides the evidence required to connect the two.