VFD Group Emerges 2021 Most Innovative Investment Company in Nigeria

VFD Group Plc, a sector-agnostic proprietary investment firm headquartered in Lagos has been named the 2021 Most Innovative Investment Company in Nigeria by the International Finance Magazine (IFM), a premium business and finance magazine published in the United Kingdom.
The award was given to the company at the recently concluded 2021 International Finance Award held in Dubai.
According to a statement, VFD Group was chosen as the winner over other nominees including Investment One, Asset & Resource Management Holding Company, and CardinalStone Partners Limited.
According to IFM, the award recognises the Group’s industry talent, leadership skills, industry net worth, and capability on an international scale, as well as the Group’s previous accomplishments.
With this award, VFD Group joined the list of previous award winners from Nigeria, which included Zenith Bank, FBN Insurance, Stanbic IBTC, GT Bank, and many other leading companies and players in the country’s financial sector.
Commenting on the award, the Group Managing Director/CEO of VFD Group Plc, Nonso Okpala said: “This recognition by IFM is a proof of our investment philosophy, which ensures the group drives global prosperity by investing in businesses with potential, assisting those businesses to maximize their potentials, and providing much needed guidance to enable them to remain sustainable and show their services to the world.
“We will keep working toward our strategic goal of creating Africa’s first diverse business ecosystem. When compared to where we started, what we set out to achieve, and economic realities, the Group’s performance has been outstanding on all fronts. Our focus on business expansion has produced results, particularly in sectors other than financial services, and we have significantly increased our balance sheet.”
He pointed out that the current management team composition also contributed to the organisation’s accomplishments and winning of the award.
“VFD Group’s success has been greatly aided by the diversity of complementary competencies and functional experience,” Okpala added.
On his part, Director of International Finance Magazine, Sunil Bhat said: “After careful consideration of nominations by our qualified research team, VFD Group was declared winner on the strength of its application, accomplishments, innovation, and good governance.”

VFD Group is a proprietary investment company that focuses on building positive and socially conscious ecosystems by aggregating potentially viable businesses with the objective of creating innovative products and solutions that are accessible to the everyday Nigerian citizen and entrepreneur.

VFD Group was founded by skilled professionals with diverse experience, qualifications and backgrounds.,

As a future focused group, we have successfully transformed our investment approach from being a financial service focused proprietary investment company to taking a sector agnostic approach to investment with focus on creating a global ecosystem through investments and collaborations in various businesses and sectors of the economy that will enhance our global footprint.