Board Members

Mr. Gbenga Oyebode, MFR has been Managing Partner of Aluko & Oyebode Co. since 1993. Mr. Oyebode is the Chairman of the Okomu Oil Palm Company. Mr. Oyebode serves as Non-Executive Chairman and Director of Access Bank Plc (formerly, Access Bank Nigeria) until July 30, 2015. He has been a Director of Nestle Nigeria Plc since February 24, 2014 and Socfinaf SA since 2011. He serves as a Non-Executive Director of the Okomu Oil Palm Company and Crusader Nigeria Plc. He serves as on the Board of Crusader Insurance Plc respectively. Mr. Oyebode serves as a Director of MTN Nigeria Communications Ltd. (also known as MTN Nigeria Ltd). He is on the Africa Advisory Committee of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (UK) and the Nigerian Leadership Initiative. He is the Chairman of the Section of Business Law of the Nigerian Bar Association, a Member of the Order of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (MFR) and Belgian Royal Honour of “Knight of the Order of Leopold”. He is a Barrister & Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria (admitted June 1980) and Attorney at Law of the Supreme Court of New York State (admitted November 1983), and the American Bar Society of the International Law. Mr. Oyebode was educated at University of IFE (LL. B Honours) where he graduated in 1979 and 1982 respectively.