Our team

Leadership & expertise.

The partners and consultants who lead the firm.

Babatunde J. Kolawole

Babatunde J. Kolawole

Managing Partner

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Babatunde joined the Firm in July 2001 as a qualified Chartered Accountant, and has since taken further training through courses and seminars in Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa, the UAE, the United Kingdom and the United States. He is a versatile professional with expertise across audit, forensic investigations, assurance, taxation, consultancy, financial reporting and corporate services. He became a Partner in July 2004 and was promoted to Managing Partner in October 2023.

babatundekolawole@hlbzoososanya-co.com

Simon O. Awotoye

Simon O. Awotoye

Partner

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Simon joined the Firm in July 2011 from Oceanic Bank/Ecobank and the education sector, and was made a Partner in October 2020. He has more than twelve years with the Firm across audit, assurance, tax and financial reporting, with experience cutting across banking, oil and gas, telecommunications, government and manufacturing, and exposure to due diligence and forensic work. He is also skilled in fraud examination, tax advisory and computer-assisted audit techniques (CAATs), and has trained both locally and internationally.

simonawotoye@hlbzoososanya-co.com

Olufemi A. Ososanya

Olufemi A. Ososanya

Consultant

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Olufemi began his professional training with Peat Marwick Ani Ogunde & Co. in August 1987; the firm is now part of Deloitte Akintola Williams & Co. He attended training programmes in Nigeria, South Africa, Europe and the United States, including a brief attachment to the London office in 1992. He became a Partner in October 1993 and Managing Partner in October 2004, retiring from active practice in September 2023.

The wider team

A multidisciplinary firm.

Behind the partners is a broader team of professionals working across the firm and its affiliates.

  • Chartered Accountants
  • Tax Professionals
  • Lawyers
  • Valuers
  • IT Consultants
  • Company Secretaries
Our founder

The legacy the firm was built on.

Dr Z. O. Ososanya

Dr Z. O. Ososanya

1924 – 2008

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Born in Makun, Shagamu, Dr Ososanya began his secondary education at Ijebu-Ode Grammar School and completed it at Baptist Boys High School, Abeokuta. He worked in the office of Chief Magistrate Pollard before sailing for the United Kingdom in November 1948, where he trained in London and qualified in 1952. He founded the firm in 1956 and served as its first Senior Partner until 1978, and later as a Consultant until his passing in July 2008. A former President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (1968/69) and a recipient of its Merit Award (1998). His legacy continues to give shape to the firm's values.