Trump appoints Nigeria’s Ogunlesi member of economic team

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Published on December 3, 2016 by pmnews   ·   4 Comments

Adebayo Ogunlesi

Adebayo Ogunlesi

Nigerian-born Adebayo Ogunlesi, who is the chairman of Global Infrastructure Partners, a private equity firm and one of Fortune 500 companies, has been named a member of an economic advisory forum to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump.

The 63 year-old Nigerian is the only African face in the 16-man team, which has Steve Schwarzman, CEO of private- equity giant Blackstone as chairman.

“President-elect Donald J. Trump today announced that he is establishing
the President’s Strategic and Policy Forum,” said a statement from Blackstone.

“The Forum, which is composed of some of America’s most highly respected
and successful business leaders, will be called upon to meet with the
president frequently to share their specific experience and knowledge as
the president implements his plan to bring back jobs and Make…

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