Sola is a Partner at InVcap with responsibility for commercial real estate investment strategy in West Africa. Aa a member of the Advisory Council, he develops and leads the project and commercial real estate strategy at InVcap. Sola has over 30 years of experience in the Architecture, Design Development and Project Management sectors. As a professional in the real estate investment sector, he has consulted on project advisory, strategic funds investment and advisory briefs for clients in the public and private sector.
He began his career with the Unilag Consult; the project management consultancy arm of the University of Lagos in 1988. He founded Casa Consult, an Architecture, Design, Build, Project Development and Management firm in 1994.
Casa has designed, constructed and managed 20 Commercial buildings successfully and is currently building commercial/residential university apartments for 2 Universities in West Africa. The firm also provides infrastructural development advisory services to the public sector including a project for urban renewal and GIS mapping projects in South West, Nigeria.
Sola holds a B. Architecture, M. Arch. Degree from the University of Lagos, and is a graduate of Harvard Graduate School’s Advanced Management Design Program. He is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) and a Chartered Architect. He belongs to many professional bodies including the Nigerian Institute of Architects, Architects Registration Council of Nigeria (ARCON), Project Management Institute (PMI), and Ontario Association of Architects (OAA).