About Us
Practical Expertise For Stronger Institutions & Safer Financial Systems
We help boards, financial institutions, regulators and development partners strengthen governance, build professional capability and respond to financial-crime risk through consulting, specialist training and collaboration.
Pattison Consulting Limited is a Nigerian consulting, advisory and training firm bringing together senior practitioners and specialist associates. Our work connects governance, compliance, risk, audit and financial-crime expertise with the decisions institutions face every day.
Registered in 2018 and operating since 2023, we work with financial institutions, regulators, development partners, public-sector agencies, professional bodies, businesses and non-profit organisations. We combine local regulatory understanding with international experience and practical implementation support.
Our five areas of expertise are consulting and advisory; anti-money laundering, counter-terrorist financing and counter-proliferation financing (AML/CFT/CPF) and sanctions; training and capacity building; anti-bribery and whistleblowing; and public-private financial-crime collaboration.
OUR VISION
To be a preferred provider of compliance, risk, governance and audit knowledge and services, recognised for professional excellence.
OUR MISSION
To make professional knowledge and advisory support accessible, connecting people to share ideas, learn and strengthen their practice.
CORE VALUES
PROFESSIONALISM
CUSTOMER FOCUS
INTEGRITY
TEAMWORK
EXCELLENCE
Our Experts
Leadership grounded in practice
Pattison Boleigha
FOUNDER & MANAGING DIRECTOR
Pattison Binadeigha Boleigha brings more than 30 years of banking and professional experience to the firm, including senior responsibilities in compliance, internal control, audit, conduct and financial-crime risk. His work combines board-level oversight with the practical demands of building effective institutional systems.
He retired from Access Bank in October 2022, having served as Group Chief Conduct and Compliance Officer and, earlier, Chief Internal Auditor. His career also includes regulatory reporting, operations and independent control at Citibank Nigeria.
Pattison has contributed to the development of compliance institutions and professional networks in Nigeria and West Africa, including the Compliance Institute, Nigeria and the Association of Chief Compliance Officers of Banks in Nigeria. His consulting, training and speaking experience spans governance, AML/CFT/CPF, anti-fraud, ethics and internal controls. He leads Pattison Consulting’s work with a network of specialist associates and partners.
Our Associates & Specialists
Specialist perspectives from banking, supervision, law, technology and institutional development.
Our associates bring complementary experience to advisory engagements and professional learning.
Udofia Obot
AML/CFT REGULATION & SUPERVISION
A former Deputy Director and Head of the Central Bank of Nigeria’s AML/CFT Division, Udofia brings experience in financial-sector regulation, bank examination, mutual evaluation and professional training on financial-crime controls.
Buno Nduka
MUTUAL EVALUATION & FINANCIAL-SECTOR DEVELOPMENT
Buno’s experience spans banking, financial-sector development and AML/CFT/CPF. His work at GIABA included mutual evaluations, technical assistance and capacity building, alongside expertise in risk assessment, governance, research and national policy development.
Loretta Joseph
VIRTUAL ASSETS & FINANCIAL INTEGRITY
Loretta combines international banking and financial-markets experience with specialist work on digital and virtual assets. Her advisory contributions address regulatory frameworks, financial integrity and the relationship between emerging technologies and AML/CFT obligations.
Progress Nicole Egbogu
GOVERNANCE & INSTITUTIONAL STRENGTHENING
Progress works across financial integrity, governance and institutional capacity development. Her experience with UNODC and Nigeria’s insurance regulator informs her approach to AML/CFT supervision, stakeholder engagement and translating international standards into practical programmes.
Agnes Nyirankera
RISK, INVESTMENT & BUSINESS CONTINUITY
Agnes brings experience in audit, banking, investment management and advisory work across several African markets. Her expertise includes business continuity, corporate governance, due diligence, enterprise risk management and public-private partnership design.
Adamu Siddiki Abubakar
BANKING COMPLIANCE & INTERNAL CONTROL
A former Chief Compliance Officer of Unity Bank, Adamu brings extensive financial-services experience. His areas of practice include risk management, banking operations, strategy, internal control, audit, policy development and practical implementation.
Gilbert Nii Tackie Addy
CYBERSECURITY & INFORMATION GOVERNANCE
Gilbert is a cybersecurity consultant with experience in information security, technology risk and data governance. His work includes financial-sector cybersecurity initiatives in Ghana and expertise in security auditing, implementation and privacy solutions.
Obinna S. Okafor
AUDIT, COMPLIANCE & PROFESSIONAL LEARNING
Obinna is a chartered accountant and anti-money laundering specialist whose experience covers accounting, internal audit and compliance leadership. He brings training, mentoring and advisory experience across financial services, insurance and other sectors.
Godwin Obeya
FINANCE, CONTROLS & RISK MANAGEMENT
Godwin is a qualified accountant and compliance professional with banking and financial-services experience. His responsibilities have spanned finance and operations, internal control, compliance, audit and risk management, supported by professional accounting and compliance memberships.
Ibrahim Oloyede
CONDUCT, COMPLIANCE & ASSURANCE
Ibrahim is a chartered accountant with experience in banking, audit, internal control and compliance. His previous responsibilities include country-level conduct and compliance leadership at Access Bank Gambia and compliance monitoring within Access Bank.
Jeremiah Idakwoji
LEGAL PRACTICE & DISPUTE RESOLUTION
Jeremiah is a legal practitioner and researcher with litigation and alternative dispute resolution experience. His practice has covered banking and insurance matters, debt recovery, criminal law and other proceedings before Nigeria’s superior courts.
Martins Ogbu
RISK, COMPLIANCE & INTERNAL AUDIT
Martins brings financial-services experience across banking and insurance, with a focus on risk management, compliance, internal control and audit. His professional development includes banking qualifications and executive programmes in leadership and management.
Ben Akpalo
GOVERNANCE & REGIONAL AML/CFT PRACTICE
Ben is a chartered accountant and management consultant with experience across African markets. His work spans governance, risk, compliance, audit and process improvement, alongside AML/CFT training for professionals in French-speaking West and Central Africa.