Mrs. Amina Oyagbola is a Lawyer, Independent Director, Global HR Thought Leader, Gender Advocate, Author and business management consultant with over 35 years’ experience in legal practice and business management in Corporate Nigeria. As 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 Founder, WISCAR (Women in Successful Careers), Chair, Afrobarometer (Africa’s leading Research Network), 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, Fellow CIPM and Chartered Fellow, CIPD UK. She is the First Vice President, Fellow and member of the Governing Council of the Chartered Institute of Directors, a Certified Ethics Officer, former Chair, CIoD Ethics Committee, and member, Women Corporate Directors (WCD). She is a Fellow of the Institute of Management Consultants. 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 has been bestowed several other awards in recognition of her outstanding contribution in this regard. She serves as a Director on Boards and an Adviser on Global Advisory Councils and is married with adult children.