Chief Emeke Iwerebon holds a BSc in Business Administration, MA (Honours) in Economics and a Juris Doctor degree in Law. He was called to the bar in 1989. He has worked in various fields of human endeavour, including judicial clerkship with Justices of the Illinois Appellate Court, prosecutorial work and extensive work in the finance department of Longman, USA. He has been chairman of other companies operating in key sectors of the nation’s economy.

Mr Frederick Ebakoleane Ijewere is a Chartered Accountant by profession. He is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN), a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Taxation, Nigeria (CITN) and a SAP Human Resources consultant. With over 30 years of private accounting practice, Fred is a director of organisations involved in business risk consultancy, oil and gas, and manufacturing. He has also been the Managing Director of a finance company, and industrial mineral processing plants. He is also a member and treasurer of the Anti-Counterfeit Coalition in Nigeria, and an Assistant Governor of Rotary International.

Mrs Yetunde Aina holds a BSc in Economics and a degree in Law from Kings College and the London School of Economics, respectively. Mrs Aina has varied experience in banking, product design and business development. She was also a design consultant to Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC). Mrs Aina is currently the CEO of Jadeas Trust, an education and cultural foundation with a Pan-Africa focus. The organisation has played advisory roles to state government, national and international agencies and organisations.

Mr Iyinoluwa Aboyeji is the General Partner and Co-founder of Future Africa, a platform that provides capital, coaching and community for mission-driven innovators, building an African future where purpose and prosperity are within everyone’s reach. He also helped to build Andela and Flutterwave, two of Africa’s largest and fastest-growing technology companies backed by global investors. Mr Aboyeji holds a Bachelor’s degree in Legal Studies from the University of Waterloo in Canada, and he is a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader. He also sits on the board of several corporate and non-profit organisations and advises many national and sub-national governments across Africa on how to support high growth innovation-driven enterprises in their domains.

Mrs Cordelia Isioma Ojeile is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) and an associate member of the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria (CITN). She is an alumnus of Yaba College of Technology. She joined Longman Nigeria Plc in 1998 as Assistant Accountant and rose to the position of Assistant Management Accountant in 2006. She was appointed Management Accountant in 2009, and was thereafter made the interim Head of Human Resources and Administration in 2011. In 2012, she rose to the position of Head of Finance and was appointed Finance Director in December 2014.