His Excellency Prof. Yemi Osinbajo SAN. GCON
HIS EXCELLENCY
PROF. YEMI OSINBAJO SAN. GCON
Fmr.Vice President of Nigeria
Chairman
Chairman
Fmr. Vice President of Nigeria
Chairman
Chairman
HIS EXCELLENCY PROF. YEMI OSINBAJO SAN. GCON
Professor Yemi Osinbajo served as the Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria for two
consecutive terms, from May 2015 to May 2023. Prior to this, he was Attorney General and
Commissioner for Justice in Lagos State from 1999 to 2007, where he led far-reaching judicial reforms
that became models for replication across the Nigerian federation.
Before his political career, Professor Osinbajo was a Professor of Public Law at the University of Lagos
and a founding partner of SimmonsCooper, one of Nigeria’s leading commercial law firms. He was
conferred the prestigious rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN). He served in the justice sector of the
United Nations mission in Somalia, and was a member of the UN Secretary-General’s Committee on
Rules of Conduct and Discipline for Peacekeeping Forces. He has also served as Ethics Advisor to the
Board of the African Development Bank and as an Independent Director of Citibank Nigeria.
During his tenure as Vice President, Professor Osinbajo played a central role in the formulation and
implementation of key national policies and initiatives, particularly in the areas of economic reform,
social investment, human capital development, the digital and creative economy, climate action, and
energy security. He chaired the National Economic Council, comprising all State Governors of Nigeria,
and led the Inter-Ministerial Energy Transition Implementation Working Group, which developed and
executed Nigeria’s Energy Transition Plan in 2022. Under his leadership, three National Development
Plans were formulated and implemented, and he oversaw the successful rollout of Nigeria’s Economic
Sustainability Plan in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. He founded the North-East Children’s Trust,
which supports sustainable learning ecosystems for children orphaned by insurgency in North-East
Nigeria, and TEXT Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to providing free, high-quality primary education
for underprivileged children.
Beyond his tenure in office, Professor Osinbajo continues to engage actively in global and African
development initiatives, with a focus on climate change, technology and AI for job creation, human
capital development, and innovative financing for development. In 2023, he was appointed Board Chair
of the Climate Action Platform for Africa (CAP-A) and founded Climate Positive, an independent climate
action non-profit. He is also a member of the board of the Nigerian Conservation Foundation. In 2023 he
was appointed to lead the Commonwealth observation Mission to the Sierra Leone elections, and in 2025,
he was appointed to lead the joint AU-ECOWAS Observation Mission to the Presidential elections in
Côte d’Ivoire. In 2024, he was appointed High Representative of the United Nations Development
Programme (UNDP) and serves as a Guardian of the UNDP-led Africa Innovation Foundation
(Timbuktoo). He is a member of the African Leaders Debt Relief Initiative (ALDRI), working alongside
former African Heads of State to address the continent’s sovereign debt challenges. Professor Osinbajo is
a co-founder of Future Perspectives, a youth-focused African nonprofit dedicated to leadership
development, innovation, and addressing major development challenges. In January 2026, he was
appointed Co-Chair of the Future of Development Cooperation Coalition, an independent initiative
supported by major philanthropies and endorsed by 18 countries, aimed at reimagining global
development cooperation in an era of declining aid. He is also a member of the Council of the Mo
Ibrahim Foundation.
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