About the book
When Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede and Herbert Wigwe bought Access Bank in 2002 it was one of the smallest and most crisis-prone banks in Nigeria. Their goal was to build it into one of the biggest and strongest banks in the country. Leaving the Tarmac reads like a financial thriller, while at the same time providing a detailed blueprint for how to create a sustainable business founded on excellence, how to build and lead a winning team, and how to operate successfully in emerging markets. The author has written with stunning honesty about the setbacks and triumphs experienced along the way, providing an unrivalled insight for anyone planning to build a company or do business in the volatile but high-growth markets of modern Africa.
About the author
Mr Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede is an investor, banker and philanthropist. As co-founder of the Tengen Family Office, Aig-Imoukhuede oversees a multibillion-dollar business portfolio, while through the Aig-Imoukhuede Foundation, Aigboje and his wife, Ofovwe, manage a significant financial commitment focused on building Nigeria’s next generation of government leaders, helping transform public sector effectiveness and improving access to quality primary healthcare.
Aig-Imoukhuede became Access Bank CEO in 2002, and led its transformation from a minor player into one of the country’s top five banks. In 2012 he midwifed the banking sector’s adoption of the Nigerian Sustainable Banking Principles, and as chairman of the Presidential Committee on Fuel Subsidies he is credited with saving billions of dollars in fraudulent petroleum subsidy claims. He was appointed founding chairman of the FMDQ securities exchange in 2013, and was elected president of the Nigerian Stock Exchange in 2013.
In the impact philanthropy space he has been co-chairman of New York-based GBCHealth since 2011. Together with Aliko Dangote and Jim Ovia, he founded the Private Sector Health Alliance of Nigeria, and as vice-chair of Global Citizen Nigeria, he co-founded the Nigeria Solidarity Support Fund. He was appointed a member of Oxford University’s Blavatnik School of Government International Advisory Board in 2017.
He is the recipient of Nigeria national honour, the Commander of the Order of the Niger; Ernst & Young’s West Africa Entrepreneur of the Year Award; and African Banker magazine’s African Banker of the Year. In 2017, Aigboje was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Aigboje graduated with a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Benin in 1986 and was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1987. He earned an Executive MBA jointly awarded by the London School of Economics, NYU Stern Business School and HEC Paris in 2015.
Aigboje is married to development specialist Ofovwe and has four children, Ohiozoje, Aima, Morenike and Renuan. He is an ordained minister of the Promised Land Ministries.
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Internship and Mentoring Programme
In celebration of the publication and global launch of his memoir, Leaving the Tarmac: Buying a Bank in Africa, Mr Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede is offering internships to five exceptional young Nigerians. Applications open 27th of April 2021
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It’s with enormous pleasure that we announce the appointment of five interns who have joined the business and philanthropic ecosystem of Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede. The five young people are on board for a year of professional growth and development and mentoring by Aigboje himself.
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To celebrate the global launch of his memoir Leaving the Tarmac: Buying a Bank in Africa, Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede has created five salaried mentored internships across his businesses and philanthropic ventures.
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Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede’s memoir Leaving the Tarmac: Buying a Bank in Africa has been grabbing media headlines since its publication in late March.
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