Mr Gbenga Oyebode, MFR - ChairmAN
Gbenga Oyebode is the co-founder of Aluko & Oyebode (Barristers & Solicitors). Gbenga was educated at the University of Ife (LL.B Honours), and the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (LL.M) graduating in 1979 and 1982, respectively. He is a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria (admitted June 1980) and an attorney-at-law of the Supreme Court of New York State (admitted November 1983). He was conferred Doctor of Laws (Honoris Causa), by the Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti (2016) and Elizade University, Ilara Mokin, Ondo State (2017), and was conferred Doctor of Management Science (Honoris Causa) by Wellspring University, Benin City, Edo State (2021), Nigeria. Gbenga was conferred with national honours of Nigeria (Member of the Order of the Federal Republic of Nigeria “MFR” in 2001 and received INSEAD’s inaugural International Directors Network (IDN) Recognition Award in 2020. He was Chairman, Access Bank Plc (2005-2015) and Director MTN Nigeria Plc (2001-2019). He is the Chairman of Okomu Oil Palm Company Plc, Nestle Nigeria Plc and Lafarge Africa Plc (all listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange), Chairman of Access ARM Pension and serves on the Board of Socfinaf S.A (listed on the Luxemburg Stock Exchange). He is also the Chairman of CFAO Nigeria. Gbenga is the Chairman Teach for All, New York, and Chairman of the African Philanthropy Forum. He is a Director at Jazz at the Lincoln Centre, New York, and Member, Board of Trustees Ford Foundation, New York. He is also a Member of the Global Board of Advisors for the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), New York. He is the Chairman of Africa Legal Network, a leading alliance for top law firms in Africa. He is a Member of the International Council of Collectors - The Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio; Member, Board of Trustees - The African Center, New York; Member, Advisory Board - Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art, Washington DC.
He was appointed to the Board of Lafarge Africa Plc on the 8th April 2020 and became the Chairman, Board of Directors on the 27th April 2024.
