Amy Jadesimi (born 1976) is a Nigerian businesswoman and the
chief executive officer
A chief executive officer (CEO), also known as a central executive officer (CEO), chief administrator officer (CAO) or just chief executive (CE), is one of a number of corporate executives charged with the management of an organization especially ...
of the
Lagos Deep Offshore Logistics Base (LADOL), a privately owned logistics and engineering facility in the
Port of Lagos, Nigeria.
Background and education
Amy Jadesimi was born in
Nigeria
Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...
in 1976. Her father is Chief
Oladipo Jadesimi
Chief Oladipo "Ladi" Jadesimi is a Nigerian oil businessman and founder of the Lagos Deep Offshore Logistics Base, where he serves as the executive chairman.
Education and career
Oladipo Jadesimi completed his secondary school education at K ...
, the executive chairman of
LADOL
Lagos Deep Offshore Logistics Base (LADOL), officially LADOL Free Zone, also known as LADOL Base or the initials LFZ, is an industrial Special Economic Zone, Free Zone privately owned logistics and engineering facility located on an island in th ...
.
Her mother, Alero Okotie-Eboh, was a former broadcaster who became a full-time homemaker.
Her maternal grandfather,
Chief Festus Okotie-Eboh, was a politician who became the
Nigerian
Nigerians or the Nigerian people are citizens of Nigeria or people with ancestry from Nigeria. The name Nigeria was taken from the Niger River running through the country. This name was allegedly coined in the late 19th century by British jour ...
Minister of Finance
A finance minister is an executive or cabinet position in charge of one or more of government finances, economic policy and financial regulation.
A finance minister's portfolio has a large variety of names around the world, such as "treasury", " ...
.
Jadesimi was educated at
Benenden School
Benenden School is an independent boarding school for girls in Kent, England, in Hemsted Park at Benenden, between Cranbrook and Tenterden. Benenden has a boarding population of over 550 girls aged 11 to 18, as well as a limited number of da ...
in the
United Kingdom
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,
then at the
University of Oxford
, mottoeng = The Lord is my light
, established =
, endowment = £6.1 billion (including colleges) (2019)
, budget = £2.145 billion (2019–20)
, chancellor ...
, where she graduated
BA in
Physiological Sciences and
BMBCh in medicine in 1999. Later, she gained an
MBA
A Master of Business Administration (MBA; also Master's in Business Administration) is a postgraduate degree focused on business administration. The core courses in an MBA program cover various areas of business administration such as accounti ...
from the
Stanford Graduate School of Business
The Stanford Graduate School of Business (also known as Stanford GSB) is the graduate business school of Stanford University, a private research university in Stanford, California. For several years it has been the most selective business schoo ...
.
Jadesimi is a half-sister of
Emma McQuiston, a fashion model who is now Marchioness of Bath.
Career
After medical school, she was recruited by
Goldman Sachs
Goldman Sachs () is an American multinational investment bank and financial services company. Founded in 1869, Goldman Sachs is headquartered at 200 West Street in Lower Manhattan, with regional headquarters in London, Warsaw, Bangalore, H ...
. Jadesimi started work in the Investment Banking division of the firm, based in their offices in
London
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, focusing on mergers, acquisitions and corporate finance. She worked there for three years.
Even though Jadesimi is better known as a businesswoman, she never intended to leave the medical field and pursue another career. She was offered a job by Goldman Sachs while working with a firm in Oxford. After working there for three years, she never went back to the hospital or her previous job and instead went on to pursue an MBA at Stanford.
Following graduation from Stanford University, she interned for one year a
Brait SEin
Johannesburg
Johannesburg ( , , ; Zulu and xh, eGoli ), colloquially known as Jozi, Joburg, or "The City of Gold", is the largest city in South Africa, classified as a megacity, and is one of the 100 largest urban areas in the world. According to Demo ...
,
South Africa
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, where she worked in the private equity division, as a transaction executive. In 2004, she relocated back to her homeland and joined LADOL, the logistics firm that her father started in 2001. Over time, she rose through the ranks and in 2009, she was appointed by the board as the Chief Executive Officer of the business.
Through LADOL, Jadesimi joined the Venture Strategies for Health and Development (VSHD) organization where she works with others Nigerian doctors and birth attendants to reduce the high rate of maternal mortality in Nigeria. Upon addressing the many cases, Jadesimi and other practitioners noticed that the drugs used to help reduce the maternal mortality were expensive; therefore, not many pregnant women could afford them. The VSHD came up with a drug that was well suited for maternal mortality and was better for the market. Under Jadesimi's supervision, the organization partnered with a leading pharmaceutical company in Nigeria, Emzor Pharmaceuticals, to distribute the drugs through Nigeria.
Beyond LADOL, she is on the Prince's Trust International global advisory board, a founding commissioner of the Business and Sustainable Development and Commission and a Forbes contributor.
Featured as a guest panelist at the
London Business School
London Business School (LBS) is a business school and a constituent college of the federal University of London. LBS was founded in 1964 and awards post-graduate degrees (Master's degrees in management and finance, MBA and PhD). Its motto is " ...
''African summit'', speaking on integration and growth on the continent, parallel to the events Jadesimi took part initialing an art collaboration piece called ''
Remember To Rise
''Remember To Rise'' ( ar, كن يقضا أحلام سوداء) subtitled ''Black's Dream'' is a derivative work of the ''Iyasile Naa'', a massive art collaboration. Observing innovation in developing countries, technologist of '' Ijebu'' desce ...
''.
Honors and awards
In 2012, Jadesimi was named an
Archbishop Desmond Tutu
Desmond Mpilo Tutu (7 October 193126 December 2021) was a South African Anglican bishop and Christian theology, theologian, known for his work as an Internal resistance to apartheid, anti-apartheid and human rights activist. He was Anglican ...
Fellow. In 2013, she was named as a Young Global Leader by the
World Economic Forum
The World Economic Forum (WEF) is an international non-governmental and lobbying organisation based in Cologny, canton of Geneva, Switzerland. It was founded on 24 January 1971 by German engineer and economist Klaus Schwab. The foundation, ...
. Also that year she was given the title of Rising Talent by the
Women's Forum for the Economy and Society
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.
Forbes
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included her in the 2014 20 Youngest Power Women in Africa article. The
Financial Times
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named her one of the top 25 Africans To Watch.
See also
*
Economy of Nigeria
The Economy of Nigeria is a middle-income, mixed economy and emerging market with expanding manufacturing, financial, service, communications, technology, and entertainment sectors. It is ranked as the 27th-largest economy in the world in term ...
*
Lagos State
Lagos State ( yo, Ìpínlẹ̀ Èkó) is a States of Nigeria, state in South West (Nigeria), southwestern Nigeria. Of the 36 States of Nigeria, states, it is both the List of Nigerian states by population, most populous and List of Nigerian state ...
References
External links
Website of Lagos Deep Offshore Logistics Base
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1976 births
Living people
Businesspeople from Lagos
Alumni of the University of Oxford
Amy
Amy is a female given name, sometimes short for Amanda, Amelia, Amélie, or Amita. In French, the name is spelled ''"Aimée"''.
People A–E
* Amy Acker (born 1976), American actress
* Amy Vera Ackman, also known as Mother Giovanni (1886– ...
Stanford University alumni
Nigerian businesspeople
Nigerian businesspeople in the oil industry
Nigerian women in business
Nigerian business executives
Nigerian women business executives
Itsekiri people
Yoruba women in business
Nigerian women medical doctors
Nigerian chief executives
Yoruba women physicians
People educated at Benenden School