A former Special Adviser to ex-president Muhammadu Buhari, Jumoke Oduwole has been appointed a Senior Fellow at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government in the United States. She will be working with the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government. The appointment will elapse in June 2024. Jumoke was appointed after undergoing a rigorous screening process from a large and strong pool of globally acclaimed high achievers, and that only a few individuals are invited to be senior fellows each year.
During her time at Harvard Kennedy School, she will research the role of business in strengthening government reforms. A 2013 Tutu Fellow, Jumoke served in the Buhari administration from November 2015 to May 2023. She was first appointed as senior special assistant to the president on industry, trade and investment; and later as special adviser to the president on ease of doing business. She also served as the pioneer secretary to the presidential enabling business environment council (PEBEC).
A lawyer, prior to her appointment by President Buhari, she taught international economic law at the University of Lagos. In 2022, she was appointed as governance advisor to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Governance Lab for her innovative strides in governance.
A graduate of law from the University of Lagos with a Master of Laws from Cambridge University in the United Kingdom; as well as a JSM and a JSD respectively from Stanford Law School in the US, Jumoke is a recipient of many awards including Member of the Order of the Federal Republic (MFR).
She currently sits on the boards of trustees of the Mandela Institute for Development Studies (MINDS), South Africa and GIG Logistics, a subsidiary of the GIG Group; and previously served on the board of Ecobank Nigeria.
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