'Lara is an Associate with a distinguished career spanning over 19 years across banking, development finance, corporate governance, and legal practice. She brings a rare combination of deep industry experience and sharp legal acumen, making her a trusted adviser to boards, corporates, financial institutions, and high-net-worth individuals on complex, multi-disciplinary mandates.

Her governance and board evaluation practice is grounded in nearly two decades of frontline experience within Nigeria's financial services sector, where she led and supported rigorous reviews of credit processes, internal controls, operational risk frameworks, and compliance reporting structures. In Board Evaluation exercises, she assesses Board’s risk oversight quality, director performance, and regulatory compliance posture; she delivers structured, actionable recommendations benchmarked against the relevant Corporate Governance Code, and international best-practice standards.