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Meet Mr Adebayo Ogunlesi The Son of the very first professor of Medicine in West Africa doing it big in America and Europe.
Mr. Ogunlesi was born to the family of Prof. & Mrs. T.O Ogunlesi of Makun Sagamu,Ogun Nigeria. His father is the first Nigerian professor of medicine.
Mr. Ogunlesi attended Kings College Lagos Nigeria after which he received his B.A. with first class honors in Philosophy Politics and Economics, from Oxford University, He furthered more at Havard Law School and his MBa from the Havard Business School.
Adebayo Ogunlesi is currently Chairman and Managing Partner of Global Infrastructure Partners,
a $15 billion joint venture whose initial investors included Credit
Suisse and General Electric. He is also a member of the Board of
Directors of Goldman Sachs. He was named lead director on 24 July 2014.
Prior to his current role, he was Executive Vice Chairman and Chief
Client Officer of Credit Suisse, based in New York.
He previously served
as a member of Credit Suisse’s Executive Board and Management Council
and chaired the Chairman’s Board. Previously, he was the Global Head of
Investment Banking at Credit Suisse. Since joining Credit Suisse in
1983, Mr. Ogunlesi has advised clients on strategic transactions and
financings in a broad range of industries and has worked on transactions
in North and South America, the Caribbean, Europe, the Middle East,
Africa and Asia. In 2009, Global Infrastructure Partners acquired the
majority in London Gatwick Airport in a deal worth £1.455 billion.
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