Morenike Ajayi MBE B.Sc, M.BA, FCPFA, and Prince 2 is the Director of Corporate Services at Gravesend Churches Housing Association and Founder, Career Nuggets. Previously, Morenike held the position of Commercial and Finance Director at the London Pensions Fund Authority, overseeing a £6bn pension fund. In addition, Morenike has taken on key roles at PwC, Transport for London and various housing associations and local authorities.

Morenike received an MBE in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours List 2022. She was recognised for her services to race equality and inclusion. As founder and CEO of social enterprise Career Nuggets, Morenike has helped further career opportunities for the BME community by providing mentoring, networking, workshops, events and more.
All this is done on a voluntary basis.

In addition, she is presently the Treasurer and a trustee at London Youth. Previously, she was on the Board of Trustees for the National Union of Students (UK) and Hopscotch Asian Women’s Centre.

Morenike has won multiple awards and is a chartered accountant, executive producer, TV presenter, author, career mentor and an inspirational public speaker.