Property Personality

Hakeem Oguniro trained as a lawyer, Chartered Secretary and Chartered Arbitrator. He holds LL.B, LL.M and Master of Business Administration degrees of the University of Lagos. He was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1985. He started out as a Law lecturer at the University of Lagos.

Oguniran joined UAC of Nigeria Plc as Manager, Legal Services in 1995 and was later appointed as Western Area Manager and Marketing Manager respectively of GBO/MDS Division of UACN.

He is the immediate past Divisional Managing Director of MDS Logistics Division of UACN and has been Managing Director, Chief Executive Officer and member of the Board of Directors of UACN Property Development Company (UPDC) Plc since January 13, 2010.

Oguniran is also the immediate past president and cfhairman of Council of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators of Nigeria. He serves as member of the Finance and Projects Committee, and Member of the Risk and Governance Committee.

He is the driving force behind UPDC’s recent phenomenal growth and leadership of the Nigerian real estate market.

In the past couple of years, Oguniran has initiated and supervised the construction of the iconic and towering Victoria Mall Plaza on Bishop Abayande Cole Street, Victoria Island; Grandville Estate on Ladoke Akintola Street, Ikeja GRA; Metro Garden in Lekki Phase One; Green Cameron Estate in Ikoyi; Emerald Court in Abuja among many others.