kola-olugbodi

Kola Olugbodi is an enigmatic Nigerian. He has a uniquely innovative mind and with it, he has blazed the trail in a unique profession. He is the founder of the first background check organization in Nigeria and West Africa.

Kola Olugbodi was born on August 6, 2016 in the city of Lagos to Joshua Oyedele Olugbodi and Grace Olabisi from Ara Town, Osun State. He attended Atunda–Olu  School for the Handicapped for his primary education. For his secondary school education, he started with Baptist Academy, Obanikoro, Lagos but concluded at Ede Baptist High School, Ede, Osun State.

Kola gained admission into the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife in 1984 where he obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Demography and Social Statistics in 1988. He observed his National Service year with the National Population Commission (NPC) and was retained by the Commission as a Population Statistician immediately he concluded his NYSC with it in 1989. Kola left NPC for the North South Bank (NSB) in 1992.

Kola Olugbodi became an entrepreneur immediately he left NSB in 1995. He became the CEO of Josh Cyrus, a Human Resource and Outsourcing Organization. After that, he became the inaugural CEO of Background Check International (BCI), the first and pioneering background check organization in Nigeria and West Africa in 2004. BCI specializes in full service Background Check, Corporate Due Diligence, Risk Management, Address Confirmation, Claims Verification, Employment Background Check, Vital Documents Verification, Business Intelligence Services and Consultancy Services.

Kola Olugbodi is currently Africa’s leading background check expert. He is also the Chairman, Board of Trustees of the Association of African Professional Background Screeners.

 

Kola is also:

  • The First African member of the National Association of Professional Background Screeners (NAPBS), USA.
  • The Co-Chairman, African Outreach of National Association of Professional Background Screeners (NAPBS), USA.
  • Advisory Board Member of the International Due Diligence Association(IDDA), USA.
  • An alumnus of the US Department of State’s International Visitor Leader Program (IVLP)
  • Member, Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE), USA
  • Member, ASIS International, USA
  • Member, the Nigeria Institute for Industrial Security (NIIS)
  • Member, Association of Christian Investigators (ACI)

Kola is an author, blogger, workshops and conferences facilitator and a motivational speaker whose hallmark in life is to impact others for good and for God. He is widely travelled and married with two blessed children.

It is in recognition his contribution to national development in the sphere of Background Checks, Screening & Verification Services that Mr. Kola Olugbodi is deemed worthy to be conferred with the Development in Nigeria Merit Award.