Meet Our Founder
Funmi Seyifunmi Olatoye (PhD, MSc, LLM, B.L, LLB, ACIS, ICA)
Dr. Funmi Olatoye is a recognized authority in governance and regulation with over 15 years of experience. As a former Lecturer in Further and Prison Education, she witnessed firsthand the immense pressure faced by DSLs and Quality Leads to maintain compliance without the right tools. Combining her deep legal expertise with a passion for innovation, she founded ECI to transform regulatory management. Her mission is simple: to replace administrative burden with intelligent automation and explainable AI, making institutions safer and inspection-ready. Under her strategic leadership, ECI is positioned to become the UK’s leading compliance-intelligence solution. She continues to champion a culture where data protection and safeguarding are seamless, empowering educational providers to move beyond box-ticking and focus entirely on learner success.