Adekunle Olusile

National Advisor for Nigeria

About

Adekunle Olusile joined UNIDO ITPO Germany in July 2021, pioneering the partnership with the AHK Nigeria, as Advisor in Nigeria, with responsibility to support the actualization of the mandate of accelerating inclusive and sustainable industrial development by fostering collaboration and developing partnerships between private sector in developed countries and developing countries and economies in transition, promoting investments and technology transfer.

Adekunle has Chemical Engineering degree with 20 years’ post qualification work experience in several industrial sectors including, Chemical manufacturing, Consumer goods and Packaging, agribusiness and agro-processing, an experienced industrial operations management professional with focus on Sustainability, Operational efficiency, business growth and expansion, business strategy formulation and execution. He has worked and studied in Nigeria, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.

Adekunle holds a master’s degree in International Business from Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge UK, a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree in business management from Hanze University of Applied Sciences, Groningen, The Netherlands.

Professional background

  • Operations Team Lead at Agro-Processing, Agriculture and Agribusiness at Ogun/Lagos, Nigeria
  • Head of Sales and Marketing operations at Synthetic Chemicals/Agro-Chemical company, Nigeria
  • Director at a Consumer Goods/Packaging Company in Lagos, Nigeria
  • Production Manager at AMIL a Matches manufacturing/Wood Processing Company in Nigeria