Mr Olawale Tunde Fasanya
Mr Olawale Tunde Fasanya who was born on the 3rd day of June 1962 in Ogbomosho, Osun state serves as the current Director General of the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN).
Mr. Fasanya is an experienced technocrat and an accredited development advisor with 35 years of significant achievements in Nigeria's MSME ecosystem. He started his working career as the Deputy Editor/ Administrative Officer with Jator Publishing Company, Ibadan, Nigeria.
Between August 1998 and June 1999, he had worked as the Productivity Officer, Senior Productivity Officer, Assistant Chief Public Relations Officer and Chief Public Relations Officer at the National Productivity Centre (NPC).
From then onwards, Mr Fasanya grew to greater heights in the years that followed. He was one of the first staff employed by SMEDAN as a Special Assistant to the then General/ CEO of the Agency. He was the Acting Director General of SMEDAN between July and December 2008. He assumed several other positions within the agency till his appointment as the Director-General of the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency in June 2022 by President Muhammadu Buhari.
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