Industry disruptor, serial curator and innovative systems developer, Bola is the Founder & Executive Director of Urbanis Limited and an elected Fellow of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). In 2006, Bola established DiverseCity Surveyors (DCS) – a highly successful peer-to-peer network offering quality advice and support services, as well as educational training and CPD, to BAME surveyors who are members of RICS.

Amongst Bola’s other diversity commitments, he is actively involved with the Black Training and Enterprise Group (BTEG), through its Ethnic Minority Role Model Programme and is the Chair of the London Advisory Board’s ‘Moving on Up’ (MoU) initiative (funded by Trust for London and the City Bridge Trust).

In 2019 New Years Honours list, Bola was awarded an OBE for services to Diversity and to Young People in the Construction Industry; by HM Queen Elizabeth II.