Ibukun Awosika

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Ibukun Awosika
Born
Bilkisu Abiodun Motunrayo Omobolanle Adekola

(1962-12-24) December 24, 1962 (age 61)
Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria
NationalityNigerian
Other namesBlessing Ibukun Awosika
Alma mater
Occupations
Years active1989–present
Employer First Bank of Nigeria
OrganizationSOKOA Chair Centre Limited
TelevisionBusiness – His Way
Board member of Women in Management, Business and Public Service, Binance Global Advisory Board
Website ibukunawosika.org

Ibukunoluwa Abiodun Awosika (born Bilkisu Abiodun Motunrayo Omobolanle Adekola on December 24, 1962) is a Nigerian business woman, motivational speaker, and an author. She is the first female Chairperson of First Bank of Nigeria. [1] She was appointed a member of Binance Global Advisory Board in September 2022. [2] [3]

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Early life and education

Born as the third child of seven children in Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State, Ibukun completed her primary and secondary school education at St. Paul's African Church Primary School, Lagos and Methodist Girls' High School, Yaba respectively before she proceeded to the University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University) where she graduated with a BSc in Chemistry although she had initially wanted to study Architecture and also ended up taking elective courses in Accounting. [4] [5] She holds post graduate and MBA certificates upon the completion of several business programmes at the Lagos Business School and IESE Business School – University of Navarra. [6]

Career

While on her compulsory one-year National Youth Service Corps service (NYSC) in Kano State, Ibukun Awosika worked as an audit trainee at Akintola Williams & Co. which later became Deloitte, but returned home after the service and joined Alibert Nigeria Ltd., a furniture company, as showroom manager. [7] [8] In her quest to be independent, she established a furniture manufacturing company called Quebees Limited [9] in 1989 before it evolved into The Chair Centre Limited and later SOKOA Chair Centre Limited following a venture merge with SOKOA S.A [10] and Guaranty Trust Bank in 2004. [11]

A fellow of the African Leadership Initiative and Aspen Global Leadership Network, Ibukun Awosika is a member of the Nigerian Economic Summit Group, member of the board of Nigerian Sovereign Wealth Fund and former Chairperson, Board of Trustees of Women in Management, Business and Public Service. [12] [13] In 2011, she co-founded the Afterschool Graduate Development Centre, a career centre established to checkmate the high rate of unemployment in Nigeria. [11]

On September 7, 2015, Ibukun became the first woman to be appointed Chairman of First Bank of Nigeria following the resignation of Prince Ajibola Afonja. [12] [14]

Ibukun Awosika is member of IESE's International Advisory Board (IAB). [15] She also sits on the board of Digital Jewel Limited and Cadbury Nig Plc. [16]

Media personality

Television

In 2008, Ibukun Awosika was among five Nigerian entrepreneurs who appeared in the first African version of the Dragon's Den . She also hosts a T.V programme called Business His Way. She also starred in the 2020 Citation alongsideTemi Otedola produced by Kunle Afolayan. [17]

Books

Awards and recognition

YearAward ceremonyPrizeResult
2005THISDAY Newspaper Annual Merit AwardEntrepreneur of the YearNominated
Success Digests Magazine's Annual Enterprise AwardFemale Entrepreneur of the YearNominated
2006Financial Standard and Pan-African Organisation for Women RecognitionBest Female Entrepreneur of the YearNominated
FATE Foundation AwardsFATE Model Entrepreneur Award of the YearWon
2007 International Women Society AwardGolden Heart AwardWon
2008International Women Entrepreneurial Challenge AwardWon
2015YNaija Person of the YearNominated
2020Africa Forbes Woman Awards 2020Forbes Woman Africa Chairperson AwardWon

Personal life

Ibukun Awosika is married to Abiodun Awosika with whom she has three children.

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