DAVID OLADELE AWE, CPA, MBA

Public Relations Officer (PRO)

A Certified Public Accountant and member of Texas Board of CPAs, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and American Institute of Tax Professionals, Dele was at various times a Fellow, Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria, Chartered Institute of Bankers, Chartered Institute of Management and Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria. His over 35 years of professional experience which started in KPMG in 1987 spans various industries and three continents. Before relocating from Nigeria in 1997, Dele spent over 10 years in the financial industry and ended his career in Nigeria as the Managing Director of a stock broking firm in Victoria Island.

After a stint in Sydney, Australia, Dele started his CPA practice – David O. Awe, CPA, and its Consulting arm A. A. Associates LLC in 2002, following his movement to the USA in year 2000. For 20 years, the companies have helped to overhaul and streamline the internal control, accounting, tax, compliance and payroll systems of several businesses and church denominations in the United State and Canada including the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Christ Embassy, and Omega Fire Ministries. He is a consultant to several other churches and has traversed most states of the US and Canada, training ministry leaders and church workers. As a tax practitioner and business consultant, his firms have incorporated hundred of companies and represented businesses and individuals in IRS audit for most of the last two decades, saving them hundreds of thousands of dollars in the process.

Dele is the President of Hearts of Compassion Incorporated and Deleawe Foundation, non-profit organizations that provide career sponsorship and educational scholarships to students in Africa. He has been a Rotarian for nearly 30 years, and he is a past president of Grand Prairie Metro Rotary Club. A published author, his latest publication, “The Tax Answerbook” was released in January 2020.

Dele Awe’s life mission to “live a God-centered, people-focused life and exit to glory leaving behind legacies that are generational and indestructible” has found expression in his passionate commitment to mentoring young people in education, in careers and in family issues.