The Nigerian Economic Summit Group has named Dr. Tayo Aduloju as the new Chief Executive Officer of the NESG, effective from January 1, 2024.
According to the Nation, Adelabu, until his appointment, was the Chief Operating Officer and Senior Fellow, Economic Policy, Strategy, and Competitiveness of the NESG.
He becomes the sixth Chief Executive Officer of the NESG.
Aduloju is a Nigerian scholar-practitioner, economist, policy entrepreneur, and strategist.
His contribution to reform initiatives in several socio-economic fields, include aviation, agriculture, finance, fiscal development, human resources, governance, performance management, investment promotion, maritime, transport policy, and public service reforms.
Before his appointment, Aduloju had worked as a policy advisor and held several appointments serving former Presidents Yar’Adua, Obasanjo and Buhari.
At different times, he had managed the NESG’s organization of public-private initiative and discussion gatherings to propel the change of the economy for a comprehensive, feasible, and competitive place globally.
Dr Aduloju is an Okun Economic Fellow for Africa and the Middle East, the Programme Director for the NESG High-Level Forum on Sustainable Development Goals, Chair of Country Illicit Financial Flows Mapping Group, Co-Chair of the Nigeria Open Government Partnership Poverty Eradication and Social Protection Technical Working Group and the Private Sector Advisor for the Presidential Taskforce on COVID-19.
He bagged a Bachelor of Technology degree from the Federal University of Technology, Akure, Ondo State, Nigeria and has earned five graduate degrees over time with a Masters in Data, Economics and Development Policy from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Master in Public Administration from Walden University, Masters in Business Administration from the Commonwealth University of Business Arts & Technology; Doctor of Philosophy Degree in Economic Policy and Public Administration, Rushmore University and Doctor of Business Administration (honoris causa) in Strategic Management from Commonwealth University of Business Arts & Technology.
Aduloju has, over the years, instructed aspiring corporate leaders in his lectures on how to approach societal change with a more involved and adaptable mentality.
His commentary on economic policy examines empirical evidence and applies pragmatism to discussing economic change in Nigerian print and internet media.
He has also previously served as the primary historian and archivist for creating the “In the National Interest” television documentary series, which explored the background and effects of the NESG. Incorporated in 1996, the Nigerian Economic Summit Group is a non-profit, non-partisan private sector organisation with a mandate to promote and champion the reform of the Nigerian Economy into a modern, globally competitive, sustainable, inclusive, and open economy.
