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Kemi Adeosun (born 9 March 1967) is the former Finance Minister of Nigeria and former chairman of the Board of African Export–Import Bank (AfreximBank).

Early life and education

Adeosun Kemi was born on 9 March 1967 in London, England to Nigerian parents, both who hail from Ogun State. Her father was government civil Engineer and she was the third child of her father out of four children. Adeosun Kemi earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from a public university locate in Borough, Newham, London called the University of East London and a Postgraduate Diploma in Public Financial Management from the University of London and also attended various Executive Management programmes for her professional career courses such as Leadership training at the prestigious Whartin Business school and she also attended Institute of Chartered Accountant of England and Whare in 1994, which make her qualified as a Chartered Accountant

Career

Kemi Adeosun began her career as an accounting assistant at British Telecom, London, from 1989 till 1990, after which she moved to Goodman Jones, London, working as a senior audit officer from 1990 till 1993. Kemi then became the manager of Internal Audit at London Underground, London and Prism Consulting from 1994 till 2000 before joining PricewaterhouseCoopers, London as Senior Manager from 2000 till 2002. In 2002, She became financial controller at Chapel Hill Denham Management and subsequently, managing director in 2010. After working with Quo Vadis Partnership as managing director from 2010 to 2011, she was then appointed Ogun State's Commissioner of Finance 2011. Kemi maintained this role from 2011 to 2015. She was a key part of Governor Ibikunle Amosun's Mission to Build, which turned around economic fortunes of the state.

In November 2015, Adeosun Kemi was appointed Nigeria's Minister of Finance by President Muhammadu Buhari. During the annual general meeting of Afreximbank in Abuja to commemorate its 25th anniversary, Adeosun was elected chairman of the board of the bank. Kemi Adeosun succeeded the outgoing chairman Ndagijimana Uzziel, Minister of Finance of the Republic of Rwanda.

Political association

After officially being non-partisan throughout her career, Kemi Adeosun joined Nigeria's ruling party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), on 5 May 2018.

Other activities

• African Development Bank (AfDB), Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Governors (2015-2018)
• United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund, Member of the Investment Committee (2018)
• World Bank, Ex-Officio Alternate Member of the Board of Governors (2015-2018)

Professional memberships

• Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales
• Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria.

See also

• Finance Minister of Nigeria