Skystone Finance UK

Corporate & Strategic Advisory

We bring institutional-grade advisory experience and genuine cross-border credibility to businesses establishing, growing, or raising capital in the United Kingdom. VIEW MORE PLAY PROMO arrow_back_ios arrow_forward_ios Skystone Finance UK

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London-Based

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Who We Are

A UK advisory firm built for cross-border ambition

Skystone Finance UK is a corporate and strategic advisory firm based in London, working with businesses establishing, growing, or raising capital in the United Kingdom.
We were established to meet a demand we saw clearly: a growing number of businesses across Africa, the Caribbean, and international markets need a UK advisory partner who understands both worlds – not a generalist adviser on one side of the transaction, and not an intermediary adding distance on the other.
Our approach is senior-led and outcome-focused. We work directly with founders and decision-makers, bringing the discipline of institutional advisory experience to businesses that need it delivered with clarity, speed, and genuine market understanding.
“Our clients don’t need another generalist. They need someone who has sat on the other side of the table – who understands the deal, the market, and the stakes.”

The Gap We Close

Most businesses expanding across borders find themselves choosing between two flawed options.

Generalist Local Advisers

Understand the UK market but have no genuine cross-border experience, and no real network across the markets our clients come from.

Large International Firms

Have the network, but mid-market clients are handed to junior teams while senior partners remain unreachable below a much higher ticket size.

Skystone Finance UK

Senior-led throughout. Genuine operating experience across African, Caribbean, and UK markets. Advisory built around your outcome, not our pipeline.

Sectors We Operate In

Skystone Finance UK’s objects extend beyond financial advisory alone. Our scope reflects both the sectors our founder has spent three decades working in, and the sectors our clients are already active in.

Our Services

We Got You Covered
01.
Business Structuring & Market Entry

UK company registration, entity structure, tax planning, and compliance groundwork built for businesses entering the UK for the first time and needing it done properly, not just quickly.

02.
Investment Readiness

Pitch materials, financial forecasting, and due diligence preparation that meet the standard UK investors and funders actually expect.

03.
Funding Navigation

Direct mapping of funding routes such as grants, SEIS eligibility, angel and institutional networks with introductions, not just information.

04.
ESG & Impact Strategy

Positioning businesses to meet UK investor expectations on ESG, UN SDG alignment, and impact reporting, where this materially affects access to capital.

05.
Ongoing Strategic Advisory

Continued, senior-level counsel for businesses already operating cross-border, covering governance, planning, and the decisions that don’t stop once the entity is set up.

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Why Skystone​

Our founder has structured landmark transactions over three decades, including reserve-based lending and Nigeria’s first carbon credit-qualifying gas project.

No handovers to junior teams. The people you engage with at the outset are the people who deliver.

Relationships built over decades across Africa and the UK, extending to the Caribbean and other international markets.

We operate a defined non-regulated advisory model today, with a clear path toward full FCA authorisation – built deliberately, not rushed.

Meet The Leadership

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Dr. Tayo Adiatu

Director

Bukola Ayoola

Director

Oluwateniola Olabinjo

Director & Business Development Manager

Timilehin Ade-Oduntan

HR Manager

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  • 40 Gracechurch Street, London EC3V 0BT, United Kingdom
  • 07852698986; 0424086011
  • info@skystone-finance.co.uk

Dr. Tayo Adiatu

Dr. Tayo Adiatu is a visionary leader and astute businessman with over 20 years of experience across Africa and Europe, spanning construction, engineering and procurement, and petroleum trading, with deep expertise across the energy, services, healthcare, and real estate and construction sectors. An expert in people management, strategic planning and corporate administration, he speaks regularly at industry forums such as the Africa Economic Development Forum and holds memberships with the Young Presidents’ Organisation (YPO), the Institute of Directors (IoD) and Ikoyi Club 1938.

He is Group CEO across a diversified portfolio of Nigerian ventures spanning oil and gas, aviation, real estate and diagnostics. He co-founded Tulcan Energy Resources Limited, one of Nigeria’s foremost petroleum trading firms and a BusinessDay award-winner, and founded Afloat Limited, a leading aviation fuel supplier to carriers including British Airways, Virgin Atlantic and Ethiopian Airlines. He also leads Poaadit Nigeria Limited in real estate and construction, chairs VCare Diagnostic Limited, a Lagos State-accredited diagnostics laboratory, and founded Tulcan Energy Exploration & Production Company Limited, which operates the Tom Shot Bank and Odimodi marginal fields.

He was named Africa’s Oil & Gas Brand CEO of the Year 2023 and received the Young Entrepreneur of the Year award at the 2024 New Telegraph Awards.

Dr. Tayo Adiatu holds a Bachelor’s degree in Pure and Applied Chemistry and an MBA in Marketing from Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, an Executive Master’s degree from the Metropolitan School of Business & Management, and completed Harvard Business School’s Owner/President Management Program in 2019. He holds an honorary doctorate in Business Administration from Ladoke Akintola University of Technology.

Bukola Ayoola

Bukola Ayoola is a qualified Barrister and strategic Non-Executive Director with over 30 years’ leadership across law, logistics, housing, and governance. She brings cross-sector experience in legal oversight, risk management, regulatory compliance, and commercial operations spanning both the UK and Nigeria.
 
Bukola spent 15 years as Managing Partner of a Lagos-based law firm, advising on corporate transactions, company secretarial matters, loan agreements, and regulatory compliance, before moving into practice management within a London law firm. She has also founded and run a logistics company, giving her direct, practical insight into supply chain risk, financial controls, and operational governance.
 
She is a member of the Nigerian Bar Association, the Chartered Institute of Loan & Risk Management, and the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria. Known for her independent judgment, financial acumen, and commitment to ESG, diversity, and inclusive governance, Bukola brings rigorous legal and risk oversight to Skystone Finance UK’s strategic direction.

Oluwateniola Olabinjo

Teniola is a commercial finance and advisory professional with a background spanning corporate development, credit risk and business advisory across UK and Nigerian financial institutions. His expertise covers market entry strategy, business model transformation, strategy articulation and the development of investor-facing pitch materials, underpinned by a strong grounding in credit appraisal and corporate development gained across leading Nigerian financial institutions.

He has held the roles of Business Development Manager, Corporate Development Associate, Credit Risk Analyst and Project Manager across Central Bank of Nigeria-regulated financial institutions in Nigeria. Notable achievements include appraising more than 20 borrowing clients across financial services, real estate, agriculture and manufacturing, and preparing credit memos that contributed to close to $1,000,000 in Board-approved facilities within six months.

Teniola holds a BSc (Hons) in Business and Management from the University of London and a Certificate of Higher Education in Computer Science from the University of Westminster, alongside a three-month intensive fixed income, equities and trading programme completed at Adino Global Limited.

Fluent in English and Yoruba, Teniola enjoys travelling and exploring new cultures outside of work, and supports the Special Foundation, a social impact organisation dedicated to developing young African leaders through education.

Timilehin
Ade-Oduntan

Timilehin is an accomplished HR professional with experience spanning consulting, manufacturing, financial services, health and social care, education, oil and gas, and agriculture. Her expertise covers people strategy, organisational development and transformation, employee relations, talent management, leadership development and performance management, HR risk and compliance, people analytics and executive advisory. She has consistently delivered people initiatives that strengthen compliance, sharpen recruitment and workforce capability, reduce organisational risk, and lift business performance.

She has led end-to-end people strategy, organisational development and HR operations, overseeing the full employee lifecycle from workforce planning and talent acquisition through to employee relations and performance management. She has built reward and payroll infrastructure from first principles, shaped HR policy and governance frameworks that keep organisations aligned with UK employment legislation and best practice, and extended into wider regulatory compliance. She has also been foundational in building organisational infrastructure from the ground up, from onboarding frameworks and multi-grade compensation structures to corporate governance and director appointment frameworks. Her remit extends beyond HR into operations, project management and wider business management, where she partners with executive leadership to translate strategic priorities into operational delivery.

Timilehin holds a Master of Science (MSc) in International Human Resources Management (Distinction) from Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University, a Master of Arts in English Language from the University of Lagos, and a Bachelor of Arts in English Language from Obafemi Awolowo University. She is an Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management (CIPM) Nigeria and is currently pursuing the CIPD Level 7 Advanced Diploma in the UK.