Yinka Folami has a sound academic background; with an early start to multitasking responsibilities in confidential administrative support to executive management. Over a 24-year post-graduation period, he has developed interpersonal competencies making him very comfortable in teams and enabling successful communication within business and corporate relationships.

He is a graduate of Geography & Planning (Bsc.1988, Msc.1990), with further post-graduate qualifications in Transport (Chartered Institute of Transport, London) and Administration (Nigerian Institute of Management). He also possesses an MBA from the Business School Netherlands (BSN), where he became the first recipient of the Award of Appreciation for contributing to the growth of the Business School in Nigeria. Today, Yinka serves on the Faculty of BSN as a set adviser, mentoring and supervising MBA Action Learning Projects of over 30 students across 2 streams.

Yinka gives his time to education, as a Set Adviser on the Action Learning MBA Programme of BSN and to society, as a member of the Purchase & Price Monitoring Committee of Ikoyi Club 1938; a foremost Social & Recreational Club in Nigeria.