Dr. Adesegun A. Akin-Olugbade is the Founder and Principal Partner of Luwaji Nominees. He has served for over 30 years in the legal profession and financial services sector, having worked at both the technical and executive management level, in the public and private sector, for leading commercial law firms and multilateral financial institutions. Dr Akin-Olugbade was appointed as the first African member of the World Trade Board in September 2019 and has been a member of the committee on International Monetary Law of the International Law Association (MOCOMILA) since 2003.

He is Chairman of NSIA Insurance Limited, Utica Capital Limited, Southern Marine Petroleum Limited and Axion Realty & Development Company Limited. He is Vice-Chairman of Mouka Limited and of the O.B.A Group of Companies. He is an Officer of the Order of the Niger (OON) Nigeria; and currently serves as International Counsel of AELEX Partners and ‘Of Counsel’ of Clifford Chance LLP.

He was previously General Counsel and Senior Director at the African Development Bank (AfDB), the first Chief Legal Officer and Head of the Legal Services Department of the African Export-import Bank (Afreximbank), and Executive Director (Chief Operating Officer), General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Africa Finance Corporation (AFC).