Oladipo Jadesimi
Chief Oladipo "Ladi" Jadesimi is a Nigerian oil businessman and founder of the Lagos Deep Offshore Logistics Base, where he serves as the executive chairman.
Education and career
[edit]Oladipo Jadesimi completed his secondary school education at King's College, Lagos. He graduated from Oxford University in 1966 with M.A. and L.L.B. degrees in Jurisprudence, and began working as a chartered accountant with Coopers and Lybrand in London. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (F.C.A.). He is a founding partner in Arthur Andersen Nigeria, where he serves as an Independent Financial Consultant, and a major investor in the Niger Delta Oil Company.[1] He was appointed the director of Niger Delta Exploration and Production PLC in 2010 and became Chairman of the Board on June 21, 2016. He served as a non-executive director of First City Monument Bank from 1983 until 2011.[2] Jadesimi is a founder of Lagos Offshore Logistics Base and serves as the executive chairman.[3]
Personal life
[edit]Chief Jadesimi is married to Alero Okotie-Eboh, a broadcaster and daughter of Chief Festus Okotie-Eboh.[4] Their daughter, Amy Jadesimi, is the chief executive officer of LADOL.[5] Jadesimi had an affair with the English socialite Suzanna McQuiston while working as an accountant in London in the 1980s. Through this relationship, he fathered Emma Thynn, Marchioness of Bath.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Management - LADOL - Lagos Deep Offshore Logistics Base". LADOL - Lagos Deep Offshore Logistics Base. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
- ^ "Stocks". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
- ^ "Keeping it local: Nigeria's first industrial village for the offshore industry - Offshore Technology". offshore-technology.com. 28 June 2015. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
- ^ "'I always wanted to be a broadcaster' - The Nation Nigeria". thenationonlineng.net. 3 August 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
- ^ Palet, Laura Secorun (22 January 2015). "Amy Jadesimi: A One-Woman Economic Engine". ozy.com. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
- ^ "Viscountess Weymouth: Emma McQuiston - Britain's first black Marchioness - Sola Rey". solarey.net. 23 February 2015. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
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- 21st-century Nigerian businesspeople
- Businesspeople from Lagos
- Coopers and Lybrand people
- Jadesimi family
- Nigerian billionaires
- Nigerian business executives
- Nigerian company founders
- Nigerian businesspeople in the oil industry
- Alumni of the University of Oxford
- Yoruba businesspeople
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- Nigerian chairpersons of corporations
- King's College, Lagos alumni
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