Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede is the Founder and Chairman of the Africa Initiative for Governance. He is a lawyer, banker, entrepreneur, and philanthropist.
Mr. Aig-Imoukhuede holds a law degree from the University of Benin and was called to the Bar in Nigeria. He also holds a Trium MBA, awarded jointly by the London School of Economics, New York University, and HEC Paris. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria and a Fellow of the African Leadership Initiative.
He is the Founder and Chairman of Coronation Capital, prior to which he was Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Access Bank Plc, where he led the transformation of the bank to rank amongst Africa’s leading banks.
In 2012, Mr Aig-Imoukhuede was appointed Chair of the Presidential Committee on the Verification of Fuel Subsidies. His oversight of the process is widely credited with saving Nigeria billions of dollars in fraudulent fuel subsidy payments.
Mr Aig-Imoukhuede is the Chairman of Friends Africa and the first African Co-Chairman of the GBC Health. He is also the former President of the Nigerian Stock Exchange.
The foundation of WISCAR was inspired by a keenly felt societal need. During her long professional and corporate career, the Founder; Mrs. Amina Oyagbola, constantly recognized a gaping need for an institutional framework that would provide to professional women inspiration, motivation, guidance, and support to help them better navigate their different career pathways.
