Mr. Taiwo Oyedele

Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy | Federal Republic of Nigeria

Mr. Taiwo Oyedele is a distinguished public policy expert, economist, and reform advocate. He is currently Nigeria's Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy. He also chairs the Presidential Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms Committee. Mr. Oyedele has extensive leadership experience, including over a decade as Fiscal Policy and Africa Tax Leader at PwC. He has advised national and regional governments, multilateral institutions, and global corporations on a variety of issues, ranging from business strategy to governance, public finance, tax policy, and economic transformation. A Professor of Practice at Babcock University, an adjunct faculty at the University of Lagos, and a global LinkedIn Top Voice, Mr. Oyedele has contributed to the African Union’s Agenda 2063 and the World Bank’s Doing Business reports. He has held leadership roles as a member of the Global Governing Council at ACCA, National Professional Bodies, and the Nigerian Economic Summit Group. He is the Founder of Impact Africa Foundation and an alumnus of the Harvard Kennedy School Executive Education, and London School of Economics and Political Science.