Sola Oluwole

Sola Oluwole is the Regional Manager for Inclusive Entrepreneurship at BDC, working with BDC teams across Ontario and ecosystem partners to make BDC services more accessible to diverse entrepreneurs.

With a career spanning over 15 years, she has worked with several entrepreneurs to grow their businesses by facilitating access to financing, business advice and network. She is especially passionate about women entrepreneurs.

Prior to BDC, she worked in the banking and business consulting industries where she gained knowledge of banking and business strategy & operations.  She is also an experienced entrepreneur, having run her own business and seen first-hand the challenges business owners face.

Outside of work, she volunteers with local and global organizations committed to helping women and girls to be their best. In 2012, she founded a women capacity development organization dedicated to the personal growth of women across many countries.

Sola is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) and an MSc graduate of the University of Manchester’s where she majored in International Development.