Profile of the Banker, Entrepreneur and Philanthropist, Mrs Ibukun Awosika

Mrs Ibukun Awosika is a banker, entrepreneur, motivational speaker and a philantrphopist. She's also regarded as a role model to women in the society.



She was born in Ibadan, the Oyo state capital on 24th December, 1962. She had her formal education at St. Paul African Church Primary School and Methodist Girls High School, Yaba, Lagos.

Ibukun Awosika is a graduate of chemistry from University of Ife (Obafemi Awolowo University).
She also bagged her MBA at the Lagos Business School.

She started her career at Akintola Williams and Co. (a firm of chartered accountants) which is now Deloitte. She started her career there as a youth corps member.

She later proceeded  to Alibert Nigeria Limited, a company that specializes in furniture.

As a woman who shows interest in entrepreneurship, she started her business in 1989 which was Queenbees Limited before it was later merged into
SOKOA Chair Centre Limited.

Today, SOKOA Chair Centre Limited holds other companies like The Chair Centre Limited and other furniture organizations.

She is also the co-founder of After School Graduate Development Centre which serves the purpose of addressing the issue of unemployment of Nigerian youths.

She's also the co-founder and former chairman of Board of Trustees of Women in Management, Business and Public Services (WIMBIZ).

On 7th September, 2015, she was appointed as the Chairman of First Bank of Nigeria Limited making her the first woman that will ever hold the position in the history of the bank.

She's married to Eng. Abiodun Awosika, the CEO of Excel Exploration and Production Limited, and the family is blessed with three sons.

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