Pharmacist Olakunle Ekundayo is the founder, Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Drugfield Pharmaceuticals Limited. He is a 1979 graduate of the University of Ife; now Obafemi Awolowo University from where he obtained Bachelor of Pharmacy and M.Sc degrees.
A core career production enthusiast, he started his manufacturing career with Glaxo Nigeria Limited in 1981 and later crossed over to Pfizer Products Limited where he rose to the post of Production Manager in 1986. He left to set up Doyin Pharmaceuticals on contract in 1990 and thereafter proceeded to establish his own – Drugfield Pharmaceuticals Limited in 1991.
Through his vision and tutelage, Drugfield has become a foremost indigenous Pharmaceuticals company in Nigeria with spread across the country and presence in many of the African sub region. He is a fellow of the Pharmaceuticals Society of Nigeria (fpsn) and Nigeria academy of Pharmacists (fnap).