1. Chief Adebayo Olawale Edun, commonly known as Wale Edun, is a Nigerian economist, investment banker and politician who is the minister of finance and coordinating minister of the economy since August 2023.
10 Facts About Wale Edun
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Wale Edun was appointed the Chairman of the African Governors' Forum of the World Bank in 2023.
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Wale Edun is the first Nigerian to occupy this position in 60 years.
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From 1980 to 1986, Wale Edun worked at Chase Merchant Bank in Lagos, Nigeria.
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Wale Edun joined the World Bank in September 1986 through the elite Young Professionals program, where he worked on economic and financial packages for several countries in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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Wale Edun was the chairman of the governing council and the board of trustees of the Trust Fund for the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project for the implementation of the United Nations Environmental Report on Ogoniland.
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Himself a direct descendant of the Egba official Adegboyega Wale Edun, Wale Edun is married to Amy Adwoa Appiah, a daughter of the Ghanaian statesman Joe Appiah and his British wife Peggy Cripps, who was an author.
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Wale Edun is a board member and the Nigerian chair of the Duke of Edinburgh's International Award Foundation.
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Wale Edun is chairman of Lagos Boxing Hall of Fame, a non-profit youth development organization that runs amateur boxing in Lagos.
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Wale Edun is the chairman of Livewell Initiative, a health-based NGO.