icons: Oba Otudeko CFR

• Born on 18 August, 1943 in Ibadan, Oyo State.

• He is a native of Odogbolu, Ogun State.

• He studied Accountancy at the Leeds College of Commerce, Leeds, Yorkshire, United Kingdom (which is now part of the Leeds Beckett University). He is a Chartered Banker, Chartered Accountant and a Chartered Corporate Secretary. He has also attended executive management training programmes at International Institute for Management Development (IMD), Harvard Business School and Hult International Business School (then known as Arthur D. Little School of Management).

• Oba Otudeko is a Nigerian businessman who serves as the founder and chairman of the Honeywell Group, a diversified industrial, trading and investment conglomerate.

• He retired as the Chairman of First Bank of Nigeria Plc after 12 years on its board. He also served on the boards of Central Bank of Nigeria, Guinness Nigeria Plc and Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI).

• Between September 2006 and August 2009, he was the 16th President and Chairman of Council of the Nigerian Stock Exchange. He was the Chancellor of Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State from 2001 to 2010.

• Dr. Ayoola Obafunke Otudeko clocks 78 today, 18 August, 2021.

Source: Wikipedia.

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