Emmanuel Aluko was educated in Nigeria until the completion of a Bachelors of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering with First Class Honours at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. He subsequently joined Schlumberger Oilfield Services, a Fortune 500 international oilfield services company from 1991 until 1998. From 1998 until 2000, he completed a masters degree in petroleum engineering from the University of Texas at Austin in Austin, USA. From 2000 to 2002, he completed an MBA at the London Business School in London, England. Since then, he has been training people in finance and business related courses while at the same time writing in areas of interest related to finance and other pet interests. Emmanuel Aluko also has professional education qualifications in finance, has earned the Chartered Financial Analysts (CFA) designation from the CFA Institute (2009) and completed the Investment Management Certificate from the CFA Society of the UK (2002).