Ifedolapo Runsewe

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Ifedolapo Runsewe
Founder Chief Executive Officer Free Recycle Limited
Assumed office
2019
Personal details
Born(1986-03-23)March 23, 1986
Alma mater Madonna University, University of Lagos, Nigeria
Profession Banker, Entrepreneur

Ifedolapo Runsewe is an African environmental advocate, economist, banker and Chief Executive Officer of Free Recycle Limited. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

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Background

Runsewe was born on 23 March 1986 and holds a BSc degree in Economics from Madonna University and a Master's degree in Public and International Affairs from the University of Lagos, Nigeria. [8] [9]

Career

Runsewe started her career in 2011 at Zenith Bank Plc. She has worked at Guaranty Trust Bank, Sierra Leone, and at Access Bank plc as a branch manager. She earned the title "Designed Compliance Professional" from the Compliance Institute of Nigeria.

She is the founder of Freetown Waste Management Limited, and Free Recycle Limited. She also established Free Impact Foundation, which attracted support from United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15]

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