So sad... U.S President-elect Donald Trump has assembled wealthy
corporate and financial executives, including top Nigerian entrepreneur Adebayo
Ogunlesi to provide him with economic advice.
Ogunlesi is part of the 16-person group, whose membership was announced
Friday, December 2.
The 63-year-old Nigerian businessman is the
Chairman and Managing Partner of Global Infrastructure Management, LLC, which
is a private equity firm with more than $35 billion in assets under management
and invests worldwide in infrastructure assets in the energy, transport, and
water and waste industry sectors.
Mr Ogunlesi’s organisations assets include Gatwick Airport, Edinghburh
Airport and City Airport in London making him the first Nigerian to
independently own airports in the West.
Mr. Ogunlesi serves as a member of the board of
directors of Goldman Sachs, Kosmos Energy, and Callaway Golf Co. Mr. is the son
of T.O Ogunlesi of Makun, Sagamu, Ogun State, the first Nigerian professor of
medicine. He attended Kings College, Lagos after which he received his B.A with
first class honours in Ogunlesi in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from
Oxford University, a J.D. magna cum laude from Harvard Law School, and an
M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. He is married to an optometrist, Dr.
Amelia Quist-Ogunlesi.
Prior to founding Global Infrastructure Management, Mr. Ogunlesi spent 23 years at Credit Suisse where he held senior positions, including Executive Vice Chairman, Chief Client Officer, and Global Head of Investment Banking.
Before joining Credit Suisse, he was an attorney with the New York law firm of Cravath, Swaine & Moore. From 1980 to 1981, he served as a Law Clerk to the Honorable Thurgood Marshall, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court.
The economic advisory forum will be chaired by Stephen A. Schwarzman, Chairman, CEO, and Co-Founder of Blackstone, with the task of helping the president to implement his plan to bring back jobs and "Make America Great Again"
Prior to founding Global Infrastructure Management, Mr. Ogunlesi spent 23 years at Credit Suisse where he held senior positions, including Executive Vice Chairman, Chief Client Officer, and Global Head of Investment Banking.
Before joining Credit Suisse, he was an attorney with the New York law firm of Cravath, Swaine & Moore. From 1980 to 1981, he served as a Law Clerk to the Honorable Thurgood Marshall, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court.
The economic advisory forum will be chaired by Stephen A. Schwarzman, Chairman, CEO, and Co-Founder of Blackstone, with the task of helping the president to implement his plan to bring back jobs and "Make America Great Again"
Other members of the forum includes Paul Atkins, CEO, Patomak Global
Partners, LLC, Former Commissioner of the Securities and Exchange Commission;
Mary Barra, Chairman and CEO, General Motors; Toby Cosgrove, CEO, Cleveland
Clinic; Jamie Dimon, Chairman and CEO, JPMorgan Chase & Co; and 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, Boeing,Ginni Rometty, Chairman, President, and
CEO, IBM; Kevin Warsh, Shepard Family Distinguished Visiting Fellow in
Economics, 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; and Daniel Yergin,
Pulitzer Prize-winner, Vice Chairman of IHS Markit.
"This forum brings together
CEOs and business leaders who know what it takes to create jobs and drive
economic growth," said President-elect Trump. "My administration is
committed to drawing on private sector expertise and cutting the government red
tape that is holding back our businesses from hiring, innovating, and expanding
right here in America."
The first meeting of the Forum will be held at The White House during the first week of February,2017. all students of the University of Port Harcourt, who were victims of jungle justice, they were lynched after they were falsely accused of being thieves in Aluu community in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on October 5th, 2012. Continue to rest in peace!
The first meeting of the Forum will be held at The White House during the first week of February,2017. all students of the University of Port Harcourt, who were victims of jungle justice, they were lynched after they were falsely accused of being thieves in Aluu community in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on October 5th, 2012. Continue to rest in peace!
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