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Personality of the Week - 15th to 21st August 2011

Segun Aganga

Segun AgangaOlusegun Olutoyin Aganga (born 1955) was appointed Nigerian Minister of Finance from 6 April 2010 to June 2011.

Aganga was born in Sabongida Ora in Owan West Local Government Area of Edo State in 1955. He was educated at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria where he obtained a B.Sc Degree in Biological Sciences in 1977 and the University of Oxford, United Kingdom where he obtained a degree in Theology in 2000. Aganga qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1983.

Aganga previously worked in Arthur Young in Nigeria, Ernst & Young in London UK, and Goldman Sachs International in London, where he was Managing Director in hedge funds. Aganga was also a Board Member of the Nigerian Security and Exchange Commission Technical Committee on Nigerian Capital Market Structure and a former Chairman of the Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) Prime Brokerage Committee. Aganga currently serves on a number of boards and committees including Technoserve and The Prince's Trust Invest in Futures Committee.

In 2006, Aganga was a co-founder of the Nigerian Leadership Initiative.

Aganga is credited for the establishment of the Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF) in Nigeria.

In July 2011, Aganga was appointed as the Minister in charge of the new Ministry of Trade and Investment.

Aganga is married to Abiodun Aganga (née Awobokun). He has four children.

 

Sources include Wikipedia