Dolidol International Appoints Dr. Akin-Olugbade As Mouka New Vice Chairman

Posted on August 8, 2022

Mouka, the market leader in Nigeria’s sleep industry and a new member of the Dolidol International group, has appointed Dr Adesegun A. Akin-Olugbade as its new Vice Chairman.

The Board of Mouka’s parent company, Dolidol, has given their vote of confidence to the new Vice Chairman, who has an impressive resume of sterling accomplishments.

According to the Managing Director of Mouka, Mr Femi Fapohunda, the new Vice Chairman’s expertise is in finance, corporate governance and law. As a Non-Executive Board Member, his input and guidance to decision-making by Mouka’s Executive Directors would help propel Mouka to even greater heights.

Dr Akin-Olugbade is the Founder and Managing Partner of Luwaji Nominees, a legal and corporate advisory services firm and currently serves as Of Counsel at Clifford Chance (CC Worldwide Limited) and International Counsel at ÆLEX.

He is a graduate of King’s College London (LL. B (Hons) 1983, LL.M 1985) and Harvard Law School (LL.M ’88 and SJD ’91), in addition to being the Overall Best Student at the Nigerian Law School in 1984. He has served for over 30 years in the legal profession and financial services sector; having worked at both the technical and executive management level, in the public and private sector, for leading commercial law firms, multilateral development banks and international financial institutions.

He was previously General Counsel and Senior Director at the African Development Bank (AfDB) (2000 -2007) and the first Chief Legal Officer and Head of the Legal Services Department of the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) (1993 – 1997). In December 2018, he retired as Executive Director (Chief Operating Officer), General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Africa Finance Corporation (AFC).

Akin-Olugbade has significant Board level experience. He was a non-Executive Director and former Chairman of the Governance Committee of Ecobank Transnational Inc. (ETI). He was also a Founding Director and Managing Partner of AFC’s wholly owned subsidiary, AFC Equity Investments Limited, Mauritius. He was a founding shareholder and former non-Executive Director of Asset & Resources Management (ARM) Company, a leading financial services company in Nigeria.

He is a life member of the Nigerian Conservation Foundation and Trustee of the African Refugee Foundation (AREF) and of the Nigerian Law School Class of 1984. 

In 2003, he was invited to be a member of the Committee on International Monetary Law of the International Law Association (MOCOMILA) and joined the World Trade Board as the first African member in 2019.

Akin-Olugbade is an alumnus of several Executive Management Programs including the Wharton CEO Academy, the IMD Executive Management Program and the HEC (Montreal) Management Development Program (MDP).

He is an Officer of the Order of the Niger (OON), a national honour conferred on him by the Nigerian Government in September 2012.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Latest News

  Olatunbosun Oladimeji held a press briefing, Wednesday September 17, 2025 with print, electronic,... Continue
EZEAJA IKEMEFUNA        In line with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Renewed Hope... Continue
KINGSLEY EBERE  The general elections of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Lagos State for various positions in... Continue
The Nigeria Tax Administration Act (NTAA) mandates the use of Tax Identification Numbers (Tax... Continue
RUBBY OBINNA    As a Nigerian who has followed our nation’s political evolution for... Continue
KINGSLEY EBERE  It was a new beginning for the members of the Igbo Speaking... Continue
MICHAEL AKINOLA  A Lagos State Court has ordered the remand of a 54-year old... Continue
  The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, PhD, NPM, has led a... Continue
  OLALEKAN ONI The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members serving in Ikeja Local... Continue
CYRIACUS IZUEKWE    The Federal College of Animal Health and Production Technology (FCAH &... Continue

UBA


Access Bank

Twitter

Sponsored