Unic Press UK: President-elect Donald Trump is gradually unveiling the impeccable minds who will be providing incisive direction/advice to his presidency.
One of the groups known as the Strategic and Policy Forum, includes Nigeria’s Adebayo Ogunlesi, a captain in business and the chairman of Global Infrastructure Partners.
Ogunlesi is the owner of London Gatwick Airport, a major international airport situated in southeast England, United Kingdom.
A brief profile on Ogunlesi as published by Goldman Sachs, reads:
Goldman Sachs Committees: Governance (Chair), Ex-officio member: Audit, Compensation, Public Responsibilities, Risk
Other Current U.S.-listed Public Company Directorships: Callaway Golf Company and Kosmos Energy Ltd.
Key experience and qualifications
- Strong leader, including leadership experience in the financial services industry: Founder, Chairman and Managing Partner of Global Infrastructure Partners and a former executive of Credit Suisse with over 20 years of experience in the financial services industry, including investment banking and private equity.
- International business and global capital markets experience, including emerging markets: Advised and executed transactions and provided capital markets strategy advice globally.
- Knowledge gained as former Chair of our Risk Committee: Provides additional perspective on key risks facing our firm.
- Expertise regarding governance and compensation: Service on the boards of directors and board committees of other public companies and not-for-profit entities, and in particular as Chair of the nominating and corporate governance committees at each of Callaway Golf and Kosmos Energy, provides additional governance perspective.
Career highlights
- Chairman and Managing Partner, Global Infrastructure Partners, a private equity firm that invests worldwide in infrastructure assets in the energy, transport, water and waste industry sectors (July 2006 – Present).
- Credit Suisse, a financial services company
- Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Client Officer (2004 – 2006)
- Member of Executive Board and Management Committee (2002 – 2006)
- Head of Global Investment Banking Department (2002 – 2004)
- Head of Global Energy Group (1997 – 2002)
Other professional experience and community involvement
- Member, Board of Trustees, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
- Member, National Board of Directors, The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc.
- Member, Board of Directors, Partnership for New York City Fund
- Member, Harvard University Global Advisory Council and Harvard Law School Leadership Council of New York
- Member, Board of Dean’s Advisors, Harvard Business School
- Law Clerk to the Honorable Thurgood Marshall, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court (1980-1981)
