Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede
Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede | |
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Born | 24 September 1966 |
Nationality | Nigerian |
Alma mater | University of Benin |
Occupation(s) | Banker, lawyer, philanthropist |
Known for | Chairman, Aig-Imoukhuede Foundation;[1][2] Founder, Coronation Group & Affiliates;
Founder, Tengen Family Office;[3] Former General Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Access Bank [4] |
Board member of | Nigeria Solidarity Support Fund;[5] GBCHealth;[6] ABCHealth;[7] Private Sector Health Alliance of Nigeria (PSHAN); EnterpriseNGR;[8] Vice Chairman, Global Citizen Nigeria;[9] |
Spouse | Ofovwe Aig-Imoukhuede [10] |
Children | 4 [11] |
Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede FCIB,
He was the former group managing director (GMD) and chief executive officer (CEO) of
Aigboje is also a past President of The
Early life and education
Aig-Imoukhuede was born on 24 September 1966 in Ibadan, Oyo State in Western Nigeria to parents who were in the civil service.[26] His father, Frank Aig-Imoukhuede and mother, Historian Emily Aig-Imoukhuede(née Ihonde)[27] had 3 other children, Erekpitan, Oluwakemi and Aigbovbioise. He hails from Sabongida-Ora, Edo State in Southern Nigeria.[28][29] He lived with his family in Lagos but went to Federal Government College Kaduna, in Northern Nigeria.[30] He earlier attended St. Saviours School (primary) in Lagos and at aged 16, he enrolled to study law at University of Benin, Edo State, Nigeria.[31] He graduated with a LLB degree in 1986 at age 19 and was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1987.[32][33] He holds a Trium MBA, awarded jointly by the London School of Economics, New York University, and HEC Paris.[34][35] In 2000 he attended a three-month Executive Management Programme course at Harvard Business School.[36][26][37]
Career
He began working as a lawyer with Continental Merchant Bank during his NYSC year in 1988. Aigboje joined Guaranty Trust Bank Plc in December 1991 where he resigned as executive director in March 2002.[19] Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede was the leader of the 2002 acquisition of
Achievements and awards
He was conferred with
Philanthropy
He is the founder and chairman of the Aig-Imoukhuede Foundation, an independent non-profit that promotes good governance in Africa. The Foundation partners with
Aig-Imoukhuede is the first African co-chairman of the Global Business Coalition on Health (GBC Health) and the chairman of Friends of the Global Fund – Africa (Friends Africa).[57] In 2010, he made a $1 million contribution to the Global Fund, and he has since made donations to the Global Fund through the 'Gift from Africa' campaign.
He is currently the chairman of ABCHealth, a regional non-profit established by the Aliko Dangote Foundation and GBCHealth. He is also a director of the Private Sector Health Alliance of Nigeria (PSHAN). In 2019, Aigboje initiated the Adopt-A-Healthcare-Facility Programme (ADHFP).[58]
He is also the vice chairman of Global Citizen Nigeria and through a partnership with the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Fund (NSIA), has created the Nigerian Solidarity Support Fund (NSSF).
Authorship
Aigboje is the author of Leaving the Tarmac: Buying a Bank in Africa (Red Door, 2020), a memoir that recounts how he and Herbert Wigwe bought Access Bank in 2002, one of the smallest and most crisis- prone banks in Nigeria, and built it into one of the biggest and strongest banks in the country.[59][60][61]
Personal life
Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede is married to Ofovwe Aig-Imoukhuede, and together they have four children.[62]
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