Aisha Muhammed-Oyebode
Nigerian lawyer, entrepreneur, author, activist and philanthropist (born 1963)
About Aisha Muhammed-Oyebode
Aisha Muhammed-Oyebode was a Nigerian entrepreneur, author and philanthropist.
Aisha Muhammed-Oyebode (born 24 December 1963) is a Nigerian lawyer, entrepreneur, author, activist and philanthropist. She is currently the Group chief executive officer of Asset Management Group Limited and the chief executive officer of Murtala Muhammed Foundation.
Early life and education Muhammed-Oyebode is the first of six children born to the late General Murtala Ramat Muhammed, a former Head of state of Nigeria. Her mother is Ajoke Murtala Muhammed. Muhammed-Oyebode's father was assassinated when she was twelve years old.
Muhammed-Oyebode had her secondary school education at the Queen's College, Lagos. She studied law at the University of Buckingham, UK, and holds an LLB Honors degree. Her Master's in Law degree is in Public International Law from King's College, University of London and she also has an MBA in Finance from the Imperial College, London. She has a doctorate degree from the SOAS University of London.
Career Muhammed-Oyebode had her national youth service at the Ministry of External Affairs in Lagos between 1988 and 1989. She began her career as an associate at the firm of Ajumogobia, Okeke, Oyebode & Aluko in Lagos in 1989. In 1991, she established Asset Management Group Limited, a real estate development company. She was also a non-executive director of Diamond Bank Nigeria. In 2017, she was appointed as a board member of the Women's Leadership Board of the Women and Public Policy Program at the Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Other board memberships include as Board Chair, Lekoil Nigeria Limited
Philanthropy/activism Aisha Muhammed-Oyebode founded the Murtala Muhammed Foundation in 2001. The foundation was named in honour of her late father,
As an activist, Muhammed-Oyebode is part of the Bring Back Our Girls Movement, a group that called for the return of the 276 Chibok Schoolgirls who were kidnapped from the Chibok Local Government of Borno State, Nigeria, by Boko Haram terrorists in April 2014.
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