Yemi Idowu

Yemi Idowu is a global entrepreneur, industrialist and philanthropist with business interest in various sectors of the economy, including Banking, Energy, Sports, Automobile, Real Estate as well as Oil & Gas. Mr. Idowu is an accomplished visionary and businessman having served on the board of various companies. He founded Aircom Nigeria Limited one of Nigeria’s leading infrastructure development companies in 1992 and serves as the Managing Director till date. After his university education, he worked as a Business Development Manager for Africa and the Middle East at Anglo European Equipment, London. Until July 2014 Yemi Idowu served as a non-executive Director with Sterling Bank PLC from its inception in 2005 and was a onetime Chairman of Sterling Capital as well as being a non executive Director at NBM Bank between 1999 and 2005. Yemi Idowu also sat on the governing council of the Bank Directors Association of Nigeria as its General Secretary between 2009 and 2014. Yemi also serves as Chairman Leyland Nigeria (Nigeria’s largest indigenous automobile assembly plant) and is a Director of the Lagos Junior League and the current Chairman of Nathaniel Boys Football Club. Mr. Idowu is very passionate about sports and has been involved in sports philanthropy and grassroots sports development for many years. As a result of his dedication and commitment to sports development he was appointed Board Chairman of the Nigerian Academicals Sports Committee (NASCOM) on the 6th of November 2012. Yemi has attended several professional development courses around the world including the Harvard Business School Executive Education Program, Mr. Idowu also holds a Bachelor of Science in Accounts and Financial Analysis.