Spotlight Summary

As Africa’s fintech ecosystem continues to expand, the ability to build and scale sustainable financial infrastructure across diverse markets has become just as important as innovation itself. For Lasbery Chioma Oludimu, this has been at the heart of her journey in fintech. Lasbery serves as the Group, Vice President of Global Operations at Yellow Card and Managing Director of Yellow Card Financial Nigeria Limited. She is also a member of the company’s executive team and Group Governance and Risk Committee, where she contributes to the strategic direction and governance of the business.

In her role as Group, VP of Global Operations, Lasbery oversees operations across 20+ African countries, leading the implementation of business strategies, strengthening operational structures, and fostering relationships with regulators and stakeholders across the continent. As Managing Director of the Nigerian subsidiary, she is responsible for setting and executing business goals while navigating the opportunities and complexities of one of Africa’s largest fintech markets.

Her path into fintech began in law. Before joining Yellow Card full-time, Lasbery advised the company for several years during her time in private practice at Blackfriars LLP in Lagos. She was part of the legal team that supported Yellow Card’s launch of its first exchange in Nigeria in 2019. Her legal career gave her experience across commercial and financial technology matters, including regulatory compliance, capital markets, foreign investment, intellectual property, litigation, and dispute resolution. That foundation would later become particularly valuable as she moved into a leadership role at the intersection of technology, regulation, operations, and digital assets.

At Yellow Card, she initially served as Assistant General Counsel and Chief Data Protection Officer before transitioning into broader operational leadership. Her experience has given her a deep understanding of the legal, regulatory, and business environments that shape fintech across African markets.

For Lasbery, one of her proudest achievements has been helping lead operations across Africa while supporting the company’s expansion and sustainable growth. Most recently, securing the SEC approval – in- principle for admission into the SEC ARIP for Yellow Card Nigeria.

Scaling fintech across the continent requires more than increasing customer numbers or entering new markets. It involves understanding different regulatory frameworks, economic conditions, customer behaviours, and financial infrastructures, while building systems that can adapt to each market.

This ability to combine strategic thinking with operational execution has become central to her work. She has helped build structures designed not only to support growth, but to make that growth sustainable, particularly as Yellow Card continues to expand access to digital assets and stablecoin infrastructure across Africa and the emerging markets. Her interest in the digital asset space is closely connected to the opportunity she sees for financial inclusion. Rather than simply introducing new technology, she is focused on how emerging financial infrastructure can solve real problems for individuals and businesses.

She believes the future of financial services will increasingly depend on infrastructure that is efficient, cost-effective, reliable, and capable of moving value quickly across borders.

This is particularly relevant in Africa and emerging markets, where cross-border payments remain a significant challenge for businesses and individuals operating across multiple economies.

Stablecoin infrastructure, in her view, could play an important role in addressing some of these challenges over the next five years by improving transaction speed, reducing costs, and making cross-border movement of value more seamless.

What excites Lasbery most is the opportunity to help shape this transformation while it is still unfolding. The digital asset industry is still writing its story, and she sees an opportunity for African fintech leaders to play an active role in determining what that future looks like. Her ambition is to remain part of that evolution, helping build and scale solutions that contribute to a more connected and inclusive financial ecosystem across Africa.

Her journey has also been supported by a strong personal and professional network. She credits her partner and family for providing the encouragement and stability needed to navigate the demands of leadership. Professionally, she has been fortunate to work alongside teams and colleagues who share a strong sense of ambition and possibility.

For young women considering a career in fintech, Lasbery’s advice is to not be intimidated by the industry or the people already sitting at the table. She believes that success is less about having everything figured out and more about consistently showing up, solving problems, adapting, and delivering results.

In a fast-moving industry, she places particular value on execution. Knowing how to get things done, follow through, and learn along the way can be more valuable than waiting until you feel completely ready, her own career reflects that philosophy. Moving from legal practice to senior fintech leadership required her to continually expand her expertise and take on new areas of responsibility.

Lasbery has received recognition for her contributions to the technology and financial services ecosystem, including being nominated for the Tech Diplomacy Award by Women in Tech Global and recognised among the Top 50 Women Leaders in Financial Services in 2024 and recently Standout 45 Women in Fintech Powerlist 2025.

She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Law from Madonna University and a Master of Laws from the University of Lagos. She was called to the Nigerian Bar in 2009 and is a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (UK), a Capital Market Solicitor of the Nigerian Capital Market Institute, and an Associate Member of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators.

Through her work at Yellow Card, Lasbery represents a growing generation of African fintech leaders whose expertise extends beyond a single discipline. Her combination of legal knowledge, regulatory understanding, operational leadership, and digital asset expertise positions her at an important intersection of Africa’s evolving financial ecosystem.

Her guiding principle is simple: “Whatever your hands find to do, do it with all diligence.”

It is a philosophy that speaks to the consistency and discipline she brings to her work, and to the wider role she hopes to play in building financial systems that are not only innovative, but accessible, resilient, and built to last.