Ignatius Adegunle

Ignatius Adegunle FCA, FCTI

Meet The Team

Ignatius Adegunle FCA, FCTI is the Senior Partner and Chief Executive Officer of ACTS Professional Services. He is also the Founder and Principal Partner of the firm. With over five decades of distinguished professional experience, he has built an outstanding reputation in auditing, investigations, taxation, consulting, and financial advisory services across Nigeria.

Ignatius has successfully delivered strategic solutions to complex financial, operational, and regulatory challenges in both the public and private sectors. His wealth of experience spans Manufacturing, Oil & Gas, Financial Services, and Consumer Business industries.

Professional Experience

Ignatius has led numerous high-value engagements including structuring international investments, conducting due diligence reviews, and advising organizations on mergers and acquisitions across multiple sectors.

He has also managed several major recovery and debt resolution assignments for both international and indigenous companies across Nigeria, demonstrating strong expertise in financial restructuring, debt litigation, and asset recovery.

Before founding ACTS Professional Services in 2009, he served as Senior Tax Partner at KPMG Nigeria for over a decade. In 2002, he joined Akintola Williams Deloitte as Senior Tax Partner, where he played a significant role in developing tax advisory and consulting services.

Professional Qualifications

Ignatius is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) and a Fellow as well as former Vice President of the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria (CITN).

He currently leads the firm’s compliance and consulting practice with special focus on corporate advisory, tax strategy, financial recovery services, and institutional support for financial organizations and corporate clients.

Thought Leadership & Publications

Ignatius has contributed greatly to professional development and industry knowledge sharing through papers and presentations on key topics such as:

• VAT: Its Successes and Challenges
• Auditing as a Tool for Effective Management Control
• Overview of the Nigerian Fiscal Regime
• Tax Treatment of Businesses with International Operations
• Effective Auditing for Internal Control and Fraud Prevention

He also served as Joint Publisher of the KPMG Tax Summary, an annual publication widely respected among tax professionals.

Leadership & Public Service

Ignatius has held several strategic leadership and advisory roles, including:

• Member, Presidential Special Task Force on Oil Revenue in Nigeria (2012 – 2014)
• Member, Lagos State Land Use Charge Assessment Appeal Tribunal (2009 – Date)
• Member, Committee for the Formulation of National Tax Policy (2008 – 2009)
• Council Member, CITN (2001 – 2007)
• Vice President, CITN (2005 – 2007)
• Director, Co-link Investment Management Company Limited (2006 – Date)
• Chairman, Board of Directors, Salus Trust Guarantee (2011 – 2019)

Interests

Outside professional practice, Ignatius enjoys football, table tennis, lawn tennis, and Scrabble. He is also passionate about networking and building meaningful relationships with people from diverse backgrounds.

Through visionary leadership, deep technical expertise, and decades of professional excellence, Ignatius Adegunle continues to drive the growth and reputation of ACTS Professional Services as a trusted provider of accounting, taxation, and corporate advisory solutions.