Amina Oyagbola is an Independent Director and Business Management Consultant with over 35 years’ experience in legal practice in Corporate Nigeria. She is a former Human Resources and Corporate Services Executive at MTN Nigeria. Her career spans HR strategy and transformation, legal consulting, women empowerment, banking and finance, oil and gas and telecommunications. She is the Managing Consultant of AKMS Consulting (Business Advisory and management Consultants), a partner in Oyagbola Chambers and a Chevening Scholar. She obtained her undergraduate law degree from Ahmadu Bello University, her master’s in law from Trinity College, Cambridge University, and an MBA from Lancaster University. She is an alumnus of INSEAD, London Business School, IMD and Harvard Business School (Executive Education).
She is a Fellow, former Chair and Advisory Council Member of The Africa Leadership Initiative – West Africa, part of the Aspen Global Leadership Network, Member Nigerian Bar association, Member International Bar Association, Member CIPM and Chartered Fellow, CIPD UK. She is a Fellow and Governing Council member of the Chartered Institute of Directors, a Certified Ethics Officer, Chair, IoD Ethics Committee and member, Women Corporate Directors (WCD). She is a Fellow of the Institute of Management Consultants and a member of International Coaching Federation. Amina is a passionate advocate for diversity, equity, and inclusion. She is the Founder and Chairperson of WISCAR (Women in Successful Careers), a leading gender empowerment and strategic mentoring and leadership network for professional career women.
In February 2023, she was appointed to the Presidential Council on Support to Women and Girls by the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in recognition of her contribution to gender equality and women empowerment for nation building. She serves as a Director on Boards and is married with adult children.