Omobola Johnson
Independent Non-Executive Director

An alumnus of the prestigious University of Manchester, University of London and Cranfield University, Dr. Johnson started her professional career in management consulting in the London Office of Arthur Andersen/Andersen Consulting (now known as Accenture) in 1985. In 2005, Dr. Johnson was appointed as the Country Managing Director for Accenture. In March 2010, she sought early retirement from Accenture to enable her to pursue other interests. She was appointed as a member of Nigeria’s Presidential Advisory Council in 2010 providing support to the Acting President Goodluck Jonathan.
In 2011, she was appointed as Nigeria’s pioneer Minister of Communication Technology. During her four-year tenure at the Ministry, she oversaw the launch and execution of the National Broadband Plan and the pioneering involvement of government in a local VC fund and a network of start-up incubators. She served meritoriously in that capacity until May 2015. In 2015 she joined TLCom Capital LLP, a technology venture capital fund, as a Senior Partner focused on investment and value generation for technology companies in sub-Saharan Africa. She is a Fellow of the Aspen Global Leadership Network (AGLN) and serves on the boards of several blue-chip companies.
Dr. Johnson brings to the Board over 30 years of experience from both the private and public sectors of the Nigerian economy. She was appointed to the Board with effect from 29th January 2016. She is a member of the Finance & Risk Committee as well as the Governance and Remunerations Committee. She resides in Nigeria
Board of Directors
Babatunde Savage, FCA
Non-Executive Director/Chairman
John O'Keeffe
Non–Executive Director/Vice Chairman
Baker Magunda
Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer
Hajia. Zainab Abdulrrahman
Independent Non-Executive Director
Ambassador Sunday Dogonyaro
Independent Non-Executive Director
Ngozi Edozien
Independent Non-Executive Director
Omobola Johnson
Independent Non-Executive Director
Leo Breen
Non-Executive Director
Mark Sandys
Non-Executive Director
Stanley Njoroge
Executive Director/Finance and Strategy Director
Yemisi Ayeni
Independent Non-Executive Director
Fabian Ajogwu
Independent Non-Executive Director
Rotimi Odusola
Legal Director/Company Secretary