Yemi Idowu, or Adeyemi Idowu, (born 3 December 1968) is a Nigerian entrepreneur, industrialist and philanthropist.

Early life and education

An alumnus of the

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Executive Education Program, Idowu holds a Bachelor of Science in Accounts and Financial Analysis from the

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University, England.

Business career and sports

Until July 2014, Idowu served as a

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with

Sterling Bank (Nigeria) Sterling Bank Plc, which is a full service national commercial bank is licensed by the Central Bank of Nigeria. On Reuters and Bloomberg L.P., Bloomberg terminals, it is identified as STERLNB.LG and STERLNBA:NL respectively. The bank provides se ...

PLC from its inception in 2005 and was a onetime Chairman of Sterling Capital as well as being the vice chairman of NBM Bank between 1999 and 2005. Idowu also sat on the governing council of the Bank Directors Association of Nigeria (BDAN) as its general secretary between 2009 and 2014. Idowu also serves as Chairman Leyland Nigeria (Nigeria’s largest indigenous automobile assembly plant) and is a director of the Lagos Junior League and the current chairman of Nathaniel Boys Football Club where the likes of Leicester City F.C. midfield maestro

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who played for

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in the

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started their careers from.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Idowu, Yemi 1968 births Living people Nigerian businesspeople Nigerian philanthropists