Islamic banking, built from the ground up
He set up the non-interest windows at Stanbic IBTC in 2009 and Sterling Bank in 2013, then took Sterling's operation to a 45% return on equity.
Group CEO, Arthur Group
Non-interest finance for Africa's real economy.
Banker, development economist and author. Over two and a half decades building Nigeria's Islamic banking and capital markets.
25+
years across banking, real estate and academia
3
non-interest banks and banking windows set up from scratch
US$500m+
in equity and debt mobilised for ethical finance
₦800bn+
in fund, sukuk and commercial paper issuances
Group Chief Executive
Leading Arthur Group into Nigeria's next era of ethical finance
Arthur Group brings asset management, investment banking, real estate, Shariah advisory and deal structuring onto one non-interest platform. As Group CEO, Dr. Oshodi sets its strategy and its standard: transparent, professionally managed investing that complies with Shariah principles.
- Arthur Capital
- Arthur Financial Services
- Arthur Financial Partners
- Arthur Real Estate Sukuk SPV
Finance that funds real assets and real people
Five fields where his work has moved from idea to institution.
Sukuk and capital markets
Member of the SEC committee behind Nigeria's ten-year master plan for the alternative finance market.
Housing and real estate
Built a US$200m real estate portfolio and contributed to a 10-year housing master plan for Lagos State.
Development economics
His research asks how Islamic finance can reduce poverty in Africa, work he has pursued from Johannesburg to Oxford.
Policy and standards
Delivered the Islamic finance tax neutrality paper for FIRS and Takaful guidelines for NAICOM.
Hear him make the case
From national television to lecture halls, on sukuk, housing and the ethics of money.
“Every financial transaction should answer three fundamental questions: Where did the wealth come from? How is it held? And where does it go?”
Dr. Basheer Oshodi, keynote at the Show Me the Market Conference, Lagos. Vanguard, August 2026
Author
Research that connects economic theory to the banking floor
An Integral Approach to Development Economics: Islamic Finance in an African Context
Tests modernisation, dependency and world-systems theories against the realities of finance in regions where poverty is widespread.
Read his researchIntegral to Islamic Finance: A Semiotic Approach
A co-authored study that uses Islamic finance to rethink how we understand money, accounting and value.
View at Beacon Books
Giving back
The Basheer Oshodi Foundation
Supporting the less privileged through prosperity of body and mind.
Education
Scholarships, counselling and infrastructure donations to schools.
Healthcare
Medical examinations, treatment and medication for people who cannot afford them.
Invite Dr. Oshodi to speak, advise or partner
Conferences, board advisory, media interviews and partnerships with Arthur Group or the Foundation.