Dr Adesegun Akin-Olugbade, OON is an international lawyer and leading finance and corporate governance expert, with extensive legal, financial services and corporate management experience.
He is the founder and Principal Partner of Luwaji Nominees, and Executive Chairman of Luwaji Advisory Services Limited. Dr. Adesegun Akin-Olugbade was formerly General Counsel and Senior Director of the African Development Bank Group, founding Chief Legal Officer of African Export-Import Bank, and Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer of Africa Finance Corporation. He was a consultant (Of Counsel) to Clifford Chance Worldwide for 5 years and currently consults for AELEX Partners.
He was the first African member to be appointed to the World Trade Board in 2019 and has been on the Monetary Law Committee of the International Law Association (MOCOMILA) for more than 20 years. He has over 30 years of legal and operating management experience primarily with leading commercial law firms, multilateral development banks and international financial institutions.
A graduate of the Harvard Law School and overall Best Student at the Nigerian Law School in 1984, Dr. Akin-Olugbade has served on the boards of leading multinational corporations and financial services companies, including Ecobank Transnational Inc (as a non-Executive Director and Chairman of the Governance Committee), Asset & Resources Management Company Limited, Nigeria (as a founding director) and Mouka Limited (as Vice-Chairman).
He is currently Chairman of NSIA Insurance Limited, Southern Marine Petroleum Limited, Axion Realty & Development Company Limited and Dr. Adesegun Akin-Olugbade Foundation. He is Vice-Chairman of OBA International Limited, OBA Transport Limited and ARC (Nigeria) Limited. He is a Non-Executive Director of NGClearing Limited and Chairman of the Risk Management Committee. In January 2024, he was invited to serve on the Board of Trustees of African Fertilizer and Agribusiness Partnership (AFAP), a pan-African not-for profit social enterprise. He is a member of the Finance, Audit and Compliance Committee of AFAP.
A life member of the Nigerian Conservation Foundation and Trustee of charitable organisations, he was conferred with the National Honour of Officer of the Order of the Niger (OON) by the Federal Republic of Nigeria in 2012.