Yinka is the Chairman of Stanbic IBTC Bank PLC . He has held several leadership positions across the Stanbic IBTC Group, including Chief Executive, Stanbic IBTC Holdings PLC, as well as Executive Director, Deputy Chief Executive and Chief Executive of Stanbic IBTC Bank PLC. Yinka was also the pioneer Chief Executive of Stanbic IBTC Pension Managers Limited and Stanbic IBTC Asset Management Limited.

Yinka has over three decades of experience in the financial services sector across investment banking, retail banking and asset management. He holds a Bachelors degree in Agricultural Economics from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka and a Master's in Business Administration from the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife. He has also undertaken the Harvard Business School, Boston, Advanced Management Program (AMP), and the Global CEO Programs at CEIBS, Wharton and IESE Business Schools.

Yinka is the current Chief Executive of Africa Regions at the Standard Bank Group (SBG), a role he assumed in 2021, having previously served as the Regional Chief Executive for West Africa.