About NCI

Finance and strategy, working as one.

NCI Partners helps ambitious businesses strengthen the financial and strategic foundations behind sustainable growth.

Who We Are

A strategic and financial partner for the next stage of business.

NCI Partners is a strategic and financial advisory firm working with founders, leadership teams and growing organisations facing important decisions or periods of change.

We bring together strategic finance, business performance, transformation, growth, valuation and transaction experience to understand the whole business not one issue in isolation.

Our work turns complex financial, strategic and operational challenges into clear priorities, practical plans and stronger systems. We work alongside client teams so the solution can be implemented, embedded and sustained.

Mission

Our Mission

To help ambitious businesses build the financial and strategic foundations required for sustainable growth.

Vision

Our Vision

To be a trusted advisory partner to Africa's most ambitious founder-led and growth-stage businesses.

Our Principles

Clear thinking before action.

Clarity before action

We begin by understanding the real problem, the evidence behind it and the outcome that matters.

The numbers must support the strategy

A plan is credible when the economics, cash requirements, capabilities and risks have been considered.

Practical beats theoretical

The best solution is one the business can implement, use and sustain.

Work with the team

We build alongside leadership and internal teams so knowledge and capability remain after the engagement.

Independent thinking matters

We challenge assumptions respectfully and bring evidence into decisions that are too important for guesswork.

Leadership

Experienced advisors in the room with you.

Nneka Osuizugbe

Founder & Principal Advisor — Strategic Finance, Performance & Transformation

Nneka Osuizugbe is a strategic finance, business advisory and operational leader with deep expertise in finance transformation, business performance, corporate finance, financial modelling and valuation.

A former CFO and Big Four-trained professional, she helps startups, growth-stage businesses and multi-entity organisations build stronger financial foundations, improve performance and prepare confidently for their next stage of growth.

She has built and scaled finance functions across startup entities, partnering with leadership teams to strengthen profitability, cash performance, reporting, controls, governance and commercial discipline.

A Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, she is recognised for turning complex financial and operational challenges into clear priorities, better decisions and sustainable long-term value.

Gbemisola Ajayi

Principal Advisor — Growth Strategy, Market Expansion & Transformation

Gbemisola Ajayi is a strategic growth and business executive with deep expertise in cross-border payments, partnerships, business transformation and operational leadership across the EMEA region.

Her experience spans banking, public sector, oil and gas, consulting, consumer goods and fintech.

She has launched and scaled businesses across the UK and Africa, led market expansion and operational transformation, supported funding activity and built strategic partnerships with leading global financial and payment institutions.

She is recognised for building high-performing teams, executing complex growth strategies and creating sustainable commercial value.

Bring experienced thinking into the decisions ahead.

Let's talk about where the business is now, what is getting in the way and what the next stage requires.

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