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Board of Directors

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  • FAISAL IMAM
    FAISAL IMAM
  • ZIN BEKKALI
    ZIN BEKKALI
  • FEMI SUNMONU
    FEMI SUNMONU
  • FAROUK IMAM
    FAROUK IMAM
    Director

Management Team

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  • FAROUK IMAM
    FAROUK IMAM
    Managing Director
  • JUBRIL ADEBOLA AROMASODU
    JUBRIL ADEBOLA AROMASODU
    Project Manager
  • HABEEB ADAMU
    HABEEB ADAMU
    Accounts Manager
  • AARON OHWESI
    AARON OHWESI
    Facilities Manager

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FAISAL IMAM

Faisal Imam is the founding Group Managing Monument.
He has overall responsibility for deal origination, new ventures, fund raising, and the development and exit of investments made by the Group in private and public companies.

Faisal holds an MBA from the University of Wales (Cardiff), a BSc in Accountancy from University of Maiduguri (Nigeria) and a postgraduate diploma in Marketing from the Chartered Institute of Marketing in England and Wales (DipM).

ZIN BEKKALI

Zin Bekkali is the CEO and founder of Silk Invest, a specialist fund manager focused on frontier markets in Africa, the Middle East and Asia. Silk Invest is one of the leading frontier markets managers with staff from over 10 different frontier markets and it manages a range of products including an African private equity fund and pan-African equity fund. Before creating Silk Invest, Zin worked for ING Investment Management, Bain, Ahold and Fortis Investments. Zin has a M.Sc. in applied Econometrics from the University of Amsterdam, has completed his MBA at London Business School and is CFA Charter holder.

FEMI SUNMONU

Femi Sunmonu is a Partner at Aliant® – an international law practice and doubly serves as head of the Africa Practice. Prior to his co-founding Aliant®, he was practice leader at the Nigerian firm Femi Sunmonu & Associates\Qais Conrad Laureate. Starting out as a legal practitioner in Kano, Nigeria, he has garnered experience in privatization and regulatory reform programs, telecoms, construction and real estate, manufacturing, oil and gas and financial services. Femi graduated from the Obafemi Awolowo University at Ile-Ife Nigeria, is admitted to the Roll of the Supreme Court of Nigeria both as a legal practitioner and as a Notary Public.  Femi was sometime member of the Council of the Nigeria Bar Association Section on Business Law and enjoys reading traveling and being with his family. Femi was appointed to the board of Cocoon Atlantic Limited in December 2016.

FAROUK IMAM
Director

Farouk Imam is the founding Managing Director of Cocoon Homes and has driven the vision and development of the Cocoon Atlantic project since its inception. Cocoon is a joint venture partnership between Private Equity Fund managers Silk Invest (UK Ltd). and the development arm of Monument (Nig.) Ltd.

Farouk Imam is a seasoned Real Estate development entrepreneur with 20 years’ experience both in Nigeria and abroad. He holds a master’s in mechanical engineering from Imperial College, London, and a Master’s in Investment from the Henley Business School in Reading UK.

FAROUK IMAM
Managing Director

Farouk Imam is the founding Managing Director of Cocoon Homes and has driven the vision and development of the Cocoon Atlantic project since its inception. Cocoon is a joint venture partnership between Private Equity Fund managers Silk Invest (UK Ltd). and the development arm of Monument (Nig.) Ltd.

Farouk Imam is a seasoned Real Estate development entrepreneur with 20 years’ experience both in Nigeria and abroad. He holds a master’s in mechanical engineering from Imperial College, London, and a Master’s in Investment from the Henley Business School in Reading UK.

JUBRIL ADEBOLA AROMASODU
Project Manager

Jubril is a seasoned building construction professional with a thorough knowledge of end to end construction processes and extensive hands on experience. He has nearly 20 years of experience working with blue chip construction companies in Nigeria.

Jubril is a qualified registered builder (CORBON), a member of Nigeria Institute of Building (MNIOB), certified MPM and also a fellow of America Academy of Project Management.

HABEEB ADAMU
Accounts Manager

Habeeb Adamu is a highly resourceful Accounting and Finance professional with extensive experience across several industries with a focus on Financial Analysis and Reporting, Corporate Finance and Report Writing.

 

Habeeb holds a Bachelor of Science in Accounting, with an M.Sc. in Accounting and Finance in view.

AARON OHWESI
Facilities Manager

Aaron is an experienced facilities manager with in-depth knowledge of facilities operations and maintenance procedures across the manufacturing, telecommunication and real estate sectors. He has demonstrated a strong capacity to manage technicians, vendors and contractors.

 

Aaron holds a Higher National Diploma in Electrical Engineering and a Diploma in Facility Management.