About Ade Oluborode

Ade Oluborode BL 

Ade Oluborode is a Barrister-at-Law of the Bar of Ireland and the Bar of Northern Ireland, an accredited mediator, and a legal and financial professional with over 30 years’ experience across financial services, regulation, governance, and public administration. At Tymans Group, Ade works with clients to deliver legal, advisory, and risk management support that strengthens corporate governance and manages regulatory risk in complex and regulated environments.

Ade advises on legal and governance frameworks underpinning operational resilience, including DORA and the Network and Information Security Directive (EU) 2022/2555 (NIS2), together with associated requirements for board and executive oversight, accountability, and risk management. She also advises on EU and national legal regimes often engaged by operational and ICT failure, including the Digital Services Act, the Digital Markets Act, the General Data Protection Regulation, and consumer protection legislation. Her work focuses on embedding resilience and digital security procedures at the operational level, ensuring that they are legally sound and capable of withstanding regulatory and judicial scrutiny.

Prior to joining the Bar, Ade worked in financial services internationally and, more recently, within Allied Irish Banks, KPMG Risk Consulting, and Ulster Bank, implementing complex regulatory remediation programs in response to identified breaches. This experience gives her a deep, practical understanding of how operational, ICT, and governance failures translate into legal exposure, consumer detriment, and reputational risk.

Ade is a legal panel member of the Corporate Enforcement Authority, a CEDR and IMI accredited mediator, a qualified financial adviser, and a Certified Digital Operational Resilience Officer. She regularly acts in quasi-judicial and investigative roles, bringing clarity, proportionality, and legal rigor to decision-making in complex, high-risk regulated environments.