Olaniwun Ajayi LP, one in every of Nigeria’s main industrial regulation companies, has appointed Adenike Adeyemi as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO), bringing greater than 23 years of government management and institutional transformation expertise to the organisation.
The appointment was introduced by the agency, which stated Adeyemi would oversee its subsequent part of institutional growth and strategic progress.
Adeyemi beforehand served as Chief Executive Officer of FATE Foundation for greater than a decade, the place she led the organisation’s growth throughout 4 African international locations and supervised its digital transformation.
Her appointment comes as Olaniwun Ajayi LP seeks to strengthen its enterprise management capabilities alongside its established authorized advisory operations.
Tominiyi Owolabi hails appointment
Commenting on the appointment, the agency’s Managing Partner, Dr Tominiyi Owolabi, stated Adeyemi’s expertise would assist its long-term strategic ambitions.
- “To build the institution we envision for the future, we must complement our legal excellence with world-class business leadership,” Owolabi stated.
He added that Adeyemi’s government management expertise would place the agency to implement the following part of its technique.
- According to the agency, her appointment types a part of efforts to strengthen its institutional construction and develop its capability to assist shoppers working throughout African and worldwide markets.
The agency additionally highlighted her expertise in skilled companies, organisational restructuring and company advisory as necessary to its progress plans.
What you need to find out about Adenike Adeyemi
Adeyemi has constructed a profession spanning the non-public, public and growth sectors, with intensive expertise in administration consulting, institutional transformation and government management.
- Before becoming a member of FATE Foundation, she labored at KPMG Advisory Services, the place she led tasks involving company technique, operational restructuring, organisational design and institutional transformation.
- At FATE Foundation, she oversaw initiatives centered on entrepreneurship growth, organisational growth and technology-driven transformation.
Beyond her government tasks, Adeyemi serves as a member of the International Finance Corporation (IFC) Nigeria Business Council.
- She has additionally held governance committee management positions on company boards and beforehand chaired a committee accountable for the annual Nigerian Economic Summit.
- In 2021, she was chosen as an Eisenhower Fellow and has been recognised by Google as a Global Leader to Watch.
- Adeyemi can also be a Senior Fellow and school member at Lagos Business School, contributing to government schooling and management growth.
- She holds a Master of Public Administration and a Master of Arts in Diplomacy and International Relations from Seton Hall University, obtained in 2005.
- She beforehand earned a Bachelor of Arts diploma from the University of Ibadan in 2001.
Her appointment locations her on the helm of the agency’s enterprise operations as it pursues additional institutional progress and worldwide growth.
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Olaniwun Ajayi LP has suggested on a number of main company and capital-market transactions in Nigeria.
Adeyemi beforehand contributed to FATE Foundation’s entrepreneurship growth initiatives. In 2025, she represented the inspiration in a partnership with Google to assist superior synthetic intelligence schooling throughout 4 African international locations.
