Dr Ope started his business and consulting career with the firm of Arthur Andersen & Co, the premiere consulting firm in the world at the time. He later moved to International Funding Group PLC as Group Managing Director at age of 25. About 2 years later he started his own Finance Company. 

Despite prevailing wisdom in his environment while growing up that getting a good job was the most important thing, Dr Ope always believed in self-enterprise and being in control of his own destiny. Even while still in employment, he had his very first company called Dial-A-Plumber Ltd. Though it was a spectacular failure, Dr Ope learnt a lot about life and business with that experience.
  
Dr Ope's first major success in business for himself was with First Aid Finance where he grew his new company, with essentially zero start-up capital to one of the preeminent finance companies in less than 2 years.  He eventually emigrated to the USA in the wave of political unrest in the country from military dictators.  

With Dr Ope's early taste for business, building and running new businesses became an obsession for him. In a Business and Consulting career that has spanned over 30 years, he has founded or been involved in the setting up of more than 100 businesses both for himself and in helping dozens of clients across the globe.

Some of the more notable businesses Dr Ope has been involved with either as Founder or as President/CEO include IFG PLC, First Aid Finance, Specialty Personnel Services, Banwo & Igbokwe Law Firm, American Training Instiute, Dove Media PLC, Stingomania Records, Netpreneur360 and Mobisoft360 Inc. to mention a few.