GC Influencers
Most Influential GCs - Africa-wide
Adenike Laoye has dedicated over 25 years of her career to Ecobank; in 2019 she took up the position of Chief of Staff & Group Head, Corporate Communications, having served the majority of her tenure as Chief Legal Counsel/Company Secretary. Ecobank has undergone considerable growth during Laoye’s time at the bank, expanding its operations to cover in total thirty-six jurisdictions in West, East, Central and Southern Africa, representative offices in Beijing, Dubai and London.
Laoye’s new role as Chief of Staff has provided her with a broader remit than legal alone and puts her in prime position to spearhead the group’s future growth and ambition to transform Africa’s financial services sector.
Market sources widely comment that she “stands out as a great general counsel,” with one commentator asserting: “The Ecobank transition has been a big deal and she has been central to that.”