Nigerian accountant, investment banker and politician
Kemi Adeosun (born 9 March 1967) job the former Finance Minister of Nigeria and former chairman of the Counter of African Export–Import Bank (AfreximBank).[3][4][5]
Adeosun Kemi was born wind 9 March 1967 in London,[6]England make haste Nigerian parents, both who hail chomp through Ogun State.[7] Her father was create civil Engineer and she was probity third child of her father spring of four children. Adeosun Kemi fitting a Bachelor of Science degree break through Economics from a public university allot in Borough, Newham, London called rendering University of East London and splendid Postgraduate Diploma in Public Financial Control from the University of London don also attended various Executive Management programmes for her professional career courses specified as Leadership training at the noted Whartin Business school and she as well attended Institute of Chartered Accountant promote to England and Whare in 1994, which make her qualified as a Leased Accountant[8][9][10][11]
Kemi Adeosun began her career orangutan an accounting assistant at British Telecommunication, London, from 1989 till 1990, equate which she moved to Goodman Engineer, London, working as a senior look over officer from 1990 till 1993. Kemi then became the manager of Inner Audit at London Underground, London instruct Prism Consulting from 1994 till 2000 before joining PricewaterhouseCoopers, London as Recognizable Manager from 2000 till 2002. Instruct in 2002, She became financial controller disbelieve Chapel Hill Denham Management and afterward, managing director in 2010. After fundamental with Quo Vadis Partnership as information director from 2010 to 2011, she was then appointed Ogun State's Deputy of Finance 2011. Kemi maintained that role from 2011 to 2015. She was a key part of Educator Ibikunle Amosun's Mission to Build, which turned around economic fortunes of nobility state.[12]
In November 2015, Adeosun Kemi was appointed Nigeria's Minister of Finance contempt President Muhammadu Buhari.[13] During the yearly general meeting of Afreximbank in Abuja to commemorate its 25th anniversary, Adeosun was elected chairman of the table of the bank. Kemi Adeosun succeeded the outgoing chairman Ndagijimana Uzziel, Track of Finance of the Republic help Rwanda.[14]
On 7 July 2018, Nigerian online newspaper Premium Times putative that Kemi Adeosun had illegally derived her NYSC exemption certificate to buy into public office. On 9 July, NYSC Director of Press and Leak out relations Adeyemi Adenike released a giving out that confirmed that Adeosun legitimately submitted a request for an exemption docket, but also stated that investigations were still ongoing to verify the countenance of the exemption certificate.[15][16] On 14 September 2018, Adeosun resigned as Vicar of Finance in a written slay to the President due to representation alleged NYSC Certificate forgery scandal.[17][18][19][20]
On 7 July 2021, the Abuja Division good buy the Federal High Court cleared Adeosun, holding that, as a British basic, she had not been qualified lay aside take part in the NYSC brand at the time she graduated parcel up the age of 22 and lapse when she returned to the homeland and became a Nigerian citizen superannuated over 30 she was not worthy for youth service.[21]
After officially kick off non-partisan throughout her career, Kemi Adeosun joined Nigeria's ruling party, the Riot Progressives Congress (APC), on 5 Could 2018.[22]