Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede, CFR, is a leading African investor, banker and reformer shaping the continent’s economic trajectory. He co-founded the Tengen Family Office, which oversees a multibillion-dollar investment portfolio, and he chairs Access Holdings Plc and Coronation Group. Under his leadership, Access Bank evolved into one of Africa’s largest banks with operations across Africa, Europe and Asia.

Through the Aig-Imoukhuede Foundation he co-founded with his wife Ofovwe Aig-Imoukhuede, he is advancing public sector reform and leadership development. The Foundation’s partnership with Oxford University’s Blavatnik School of Government and its collaboration with Nigeria’s civil service reform agenda are equipping a new generation of high-performing public leaders.

He also chairs EnterpriseNGR and has played pivotal roles in the financial markets as the President of the Nigerian Stock Exchange and the Chairman of the FMDQ Exchange, he chairs the King’s Trust International Africa Advisory Board and the France-Nigeria Business Council. A law graduate and Executive MBA holder from LSE, NYU Stern, and HEC Paris, he is a Fellow of Nigeria’s banking and stockbroking professional institutes.

His memoir, “Leaving the Tarmac – Buying A Bank In Africa”, chronicles his transformative journey in African banking. Honoured with Nigeria’s Commander of the Order of the Federal Republic (CFR) and multiple global awards, he is a devoted husband and father and serves as a values-driven leader committed to integrity, enterprise and Africa’s long-term prosperity.