Ajibola Akindele

Ajibola Akindele is a Nigerian electrical engineer concurrently serving as president and managing director of Schneider Electric in West Africa and as managing director for Schneider Electric Process Automation for Sub-Saharan Africa. He holds the Nigerian National Honour of the Order of the Member of the Federal Republic (MFR) conferred on him in October 2022.

Education and career Ajibola Akindele, a native of Ondo State studied electrical engineering at the University of Lagos where he graduated with a Second-class Upper Honours in 1999 and earned an MBA from Vanderbilt University in 2007. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA). He is a member of the board of Franco-Nigeria Chamber of Commerce and Industry and was a member of Nigeria's Presidential Transition Committee on Power to develop a roadmap for power generation.

Awards and honours On 11 October 2022, Akindele was conferred with the national honour of Member of the Federal Republic (MFR) by President Muhammadu Buhari.