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IBUKUN AWOSIKA
Chairman, First Bank Nigeria Limited; Founder & CEO, The Chair Centre Group
Over the course of her career, Ibukun Awosika has had the honor of influencing Nigeria’s economic growth by chairing a number of influential corporate and nonprofit boards. She is Founder and CEO of a group of manufacturing, retail and bank-way security system companies; as well as, Chairman of First Bank of Nigeria Limited, the country’s premier banking brand. Globally recognized, she has received multiple awards, including the 2020 Forbes “Woman Africa Chairperson” award, and was also the first Nigerian recipient of the prestigious “International Women Entrepreneurial Challenge” award in 2008. Through her projects, Ibukun champions entrepreneurs, empowers women and youth and supports missionaries who provide medical and educational supplies to those in need.