He is the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Guaranty Trust Bank Plc and Vice-Chairman of Guaranty Trust Bank (Ghana) Limited.

He co-founded Guaranty Trust Bank Plc with Fola Adeola in 1990, and was the Deputy Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer for 12 years before becoming Managing Director of the Bank in August 2002.

He has been involved in general Management of the Bank’s operation with special emphasis and responsibility for asset management and liability generation. He is also the Divisional Head for the Bank’s Corporate Services Division, which covers Financial Control and Strategy, Human Resources, Systems and Control and Risk Management Groups.

Tayo’s professional working experience has seen him working with several financial institutions. He began with the Central Bank of Nigeria in Calabar where he did his National Youth Service (1977-1978). He worked with Chase Merchant Bank Nigeria Ltd (later renamed Continental Merchant Bank) between 1981and 1988. He was at Prime Merchant Bank Ltd for a short stint between 1988 and 1989 where he was Assistant General Manager and Head of the Financial Services Unit of the Bank. In 1989, he set up a non-bank financial institution; First Marina Trust Limited, which he ran for a year before setting up Guaranty Trust Bank Plc.

 Tayo holds a first degree in Business Administration from the University of Lagos and an MBA with special concentration on International Business from the Graduate School of Management, University of California, Los Angeles, USA. His professional education includes Credit and Relationship Management training at Chase Manhattan Bank Institute for International Banking, New York, USA (1982-1983).                         Tayo Aderinokun is also a Director of Guaranty Trust Bank ( Gambia) Limited, Guaranty Trust Bank ( Sierra Leone) Limited as well as several other companies. He recently won the prestigious This Day Banker of the Year Award for 2005.