Bola is the Executive Director, Corporate Banking at First Bank of Nigeria Plc. Before that, she was, for six years, the Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer of Kakawa Discount House Limited, a financial services institution.
An Alumnus of the HarvardBusinessSchool, Bola was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1985, and has over 20 years of banking experience with exposure both in local and international financial markets, 9 of which she spent in Citibank Nigeria.
Bola is an honorary member of the Chartered Institute of Bankers, Nigeria and has served in various capacities in the development of the Nigerian Money Market, the Interbank Settlement Systems and the Discount house sub-sector. She is the current Chairperson of the Board of Trustees of Women in Management and Business (WIMBIZ). She is on the board of Fate Foundation, Nigeria, FBN Capital Limited and First Trustees Limited. She is a member of the Advisory Board, Genevieve Magazine, Lagos and a member of the Editorial Board, Rubies Magazine.