Babatunji Iyanda is the son of Late Hon. Justice Oye Iyanda, former Judge of Osun State Judiciary. Tunji is a managerial Psychologist, marketer and a natural scientist by training. He had his first degree from the University of Lagos in Zoology (i987) a post graduate diploma from the same University (1993) and a marker of managerial psychology degree from the university of Ibadan (2005) He his a full member of the Nigeria institute of Management.
He started his work life with a commercial printing firm Adroit Pegasus in Lagos in 1988 after his stint as a teacher at the federal Government Girls College Sagamu (1987) During his youth service Programme. He joined UTC (Nig) Plc in 1989 as management Training from where he worked in various capacities including heading the retail operation business in the year 1998 and later headed the procurement and logistics unit of the department store and food operations. He worked in the office of the executive Governor of Osun State (1999) as the chief personal Assistant to the deputy Governor of Osun State Nigeria.
Tunji worked with an indigenous Company involved in financing international brands Aura Holdings as General Manager Human Resources (2003) and was later appointed to head the administration unit of Lagos Airport Hotel a subsidiary of Oodu'a Investment Company Limited he was appointed as General Manager Planning, Research and Statistics for the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency in February 2007.
A Highly cerebral and pragmatic Manager with more than passing interest in the Leadership. Tunji is a church leader and was ordain as a deacon in 2004 by Pastor A. T. Williams of God of Glory Christian Church. He is a prolific writer and he happily married to Bukky and blessed with children. He is on the Board of Living Spring Foundation an N.G.O and also and also on the Board of Trustee of Joseph Ayo Babalola University, Osun State .
Tunji is widely travelled and apart from reading and traveling he is also interested in Agricultural mechanization.