Adebayo Ogunlesi

Adebayo Ogunlesi
Born 1953 (age 62–63)
Sagamu, Ogun, Nigeria
Nationality Nigerian
Alma mater Harvard University
University of Oxford
Occupation Investment banker
Employer Credit Suisse First Boston

Adebayo Ogunlesi (born 1953) is a Nigerian businessman.[1] A 1979 graduate of Harvard Law School and Harvard Business School,[2] he also studied at Oxford.[1]

Ogunlesi was in charge of Global Investment Banking at Credit Suisse First Boston[3] before being promoted to chief client officer and executive vice chairman.[4]

Early life and education

Ogunlesi is the son of T.O Ogunlesi of Makun, Sagamu Ogun State Nigeria. His father is the first Nigerian professor of medicine.[5] Ogunlesi attended Kings College Lagos, Nigeria after which he received his B.A. with first class honors in Philosophy, Politics and Economics, from Oxford University, his J.D. magna cum laude, from Harvard Law School and his M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School.

Career

Adebayo Ogunlesi is currently Chairman and Managing Partner of Global Infrastructure Partners, a joint venture whose initial investors included Credit Suisse and General Electric. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of Goldman Sachs. He was named lead director on 24 July 2014.[6] Prior to his current role, he was Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Client Officer of Credit Suisse, based in New York. He previously served as a member of Credit Suisse’s Executive Board and Management Council and chaired the Chairman’s Board. Previously, he was the Global Head of Investment Banking at Credit Suisse. Since joining Credit Suisse in 1983, Mr. Ogunlesi has advised clients on transactions and financings and has worked on transactions in North and South America, the Caribbean, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia. In 2009, Global Infrastructure Partners acquired the majority in London Gatwick Airport in a deal worth £1.455 billion.[7]

Prior to joining Credit Suisse, Ogunlesi was an attorney in the corporate practice group of the New York law firm of Cravath, Swaine & Moore. From 1980-81 he served as a law clerk to Associate Justice Thurgood Marshall of the United States Supreme Court.

Ogunlesi is a member of the District of Columbia Bar Association. He was a lecturer at Harvard Law School and the Yale School of Organization and Management, where he taught a course on transnational investment projects in emerging countries.[8]

Personal life

He is married to an optometrist, Dr. Amelia Quist-Ogunlesi.

Awards and honors

Recipient of The International Center in New York's Award of Excellence.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Sean Gregory (2002-12-31). "2002 Global Influentials -- ADEBAYO OGUNLESI CSFB's Global Banking Chief". Time Magazine online. Archived from the original on 30 May 2007. Retrieved 2007-05-18. Ogunlesi ... studied ... at Oxford and then earned law and business degrees from Harvard.
  2. ↑ Fungayi Tichawona Kapungu; Kaniaru Wacieni (2004-12-13). "Adebayo Ogunlesi (HBS '79) honored by Harvard African Alumni". The Harbus. Archived from the original on April 2, 2012. Retrieved 2007-05-18. Mr. Adebayo O. Ogunlesi (HLS/HBS '79), was honored by the Harvard African Students' Alumni Network ... for "consistent and superior performance in his professional career.
  3. ↑ "CSFB Names Tony James Chairman of Global Investment Banking and Private Equity". 2002-02-20. Retrieved 2007-05-18. Adebayo Ogunlesi has been named Head of Global Investment Banking. ... Mr. Ogunlesi will ... serve on the Firm's Executive Board and Operating Committee.
  4. ↑ "CSFB Repositions Top Exec". Black Enterprise". 2004-11-04. Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-05-18. Adebayo "Bayo" Ogunlesi, was moved in August from his post as head of investment banking and appointed the company's new chief client officer and executive vice chairman.
  5. ↑ http://blackherald.egoong.com/?p=123
  6. ↑ "Goldman Sachs – Leadership – Board of Directors". Goldman Sachs. Retrieved 8 August 2013.
  7. ↑ Wray, Richard and Graeme Wearden, “Gatwick to get upgrade after £1.5bn sale,” The Guardian (UK), October 21, 2009.
  8. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-12-28. Retrieved 2007-10-15.

External links

The Nigerian-born business tycoon, Adebayo Ogunlesi has also been appointed by US President-elect Donald Trump as a member of his economic advisory forum, to run his administration that will succeed Barrack Obama. Other members of the forum are: • Stephen Schwarzman (forum chairman), chairman, CEO, and cofounder of Blackstone • Paul Atkins, CEO of Patomak Global Partners, former commissioner of the Securities and Exchange Commission • Mary Barra, chairwoman and CEO, General Motors • Toby Cosgrove, CEO, Cleveland Clinic • Jamie Dimon, chairman and CEO, JPMorgan Chase & Co. • Larry Fink, chairman and CEO, BlackRock • Bob Iger, chairman and CEO, The Walt Disney Company • Rich Lesser, president and CEO, Boston Consulting Group • Doug McMillon, president and CEO, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. • Jim McNerney, former chairman, president, and CEO of Boeing • Adebayo “Bayo” Ogunlesi, chairman and managing partner, Global Infrastructure Partners • Ginni Rometty, chairwoman, president, and CEO of IBM • Kevin Warsh, Shepard Family Distinguished Visiting Fellow in economics at the Hoover Institute, former member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System • Mark Weinberger, global chairman and CEO, EY • Jack Welch, former chairman and CEO, General Electric • Daniel Yergin, Pulitzer Prize winner, vice chairman of IHS Markit.

Donald Trump must have found him capable before adding him to the appointment list. Ogunlesi is tasked with the responsibility of providing adequate and quality advice to the trump’s administration.

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