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FINANCE MONTHLY M&A AWARDS 2020 109 FIRM PROFILE Kairos Capital provides customized financial solutions to corporates based on our understanding of their strategic intentions and needs. Kairos Capital is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an Issuing House, Underwriter and Financial Adviser. Our focus is to nurture our clients from across diverse sectors by providing expert advice to mid and large sized Companies including government organisations. We aim to be a long-standing, trustworthy adviser to our clients working within the boundaries of extant laws, rules and regulations guiding capital market operators. We are focused on providing Issuing House services in the following areas: • Equity Capital Markets • Debt Capital Markets • Financial Advisory Services • Structured Product • Underwriting • Business Advisory Services Mission & Vision Our Vision To be the best financial advisory firm in Nigeria and Africa. Our Mission To combine experience, excellent and innovative service to create value for our key stakeholders. • Our Values • Integrity • Teamwork • Professionalism • Excellence • Innovation Financial Advisory The Kairos Capital financial advisory team works with clients to identify and rectify challenges in the strategy, model or capital structure of the business. We proffer bespoke solutions to address existing and potential risks to the going concern status of our client. Kairos Capital team members have advised on complex advisory mandates and will always bring the experience to bear in prosecuting future mandates. Our financial advisory solution covers the following: • Mergers & Acquisitions • Capital Restructuring • Corporate Valuation and Fairness Opinion • Divestments • Spin-offs ABOUT SAM CHIDOKA Sam has over 17 years’ experience in Banking, Debt and Equity Capital Markets, Mergers & Acquisitions and Financial Advisory Services. He began his Investment Banking career at the Capital Markets Group of NAL Bank Plc, now Sterling Bank Plc. He was a core member of the corporate finance team at Sterling Capital Markets Limited from where he moved to UBA Global Markets, which later became UBA Capital Plc. He left UBA Capital as to become a pioneer staff and head of Corporate Finance at Dunn LorenMerrifield fromwhere he moved to Planet Capital Limited as an Associate Director and later Director and head Corporate Finance Advisory Group. Sam worked on numerous high profile transactions, raising in excess of $1.5 billion for various institutions including Union Bank of Nigeria Plc, May & Baker Plc, Continental Reinsurance Plc, Eternal Oil & Gas Plc, Dangote Flour Plc, Niger State Government, Chams Plc, Ebonyi State Government, Chellarams Plc, Tower Aluminium Group, Dana Group of Companies Plc, Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria, Niger State Government, Bauchi State Government, Fidelity Bank Plc, C&I Leasing Plc amongst others. He holds a BSc. Degree (2.1) in Business Management from the University of Nigeria Enugu Campus (1999) and an MBA (Finance), from the University of Lagos (2015). He has attended a number of Executive courses: Lagos Business School – Chief Executive Program (2015) and IESE Business School, Barcelona Spain – Advanced Management Program (2015).