Trump names Nigerian to economic team
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on
Friday named a Nigerian, Adebayo Ogunlesi, as a member of an advisory
council that will help the incoming president
implement “his plan to
bring back jobs and Make America Great Again.”
Ogunlesi is the Chairman and Managing
Partner, Global Infrastructure Partners, a private equity firm with more
than $35bn in assets under management. He has investments worldwide in
infrastructure assets in the energy, transport, and water and waste
industry sectors.
Ogunlesi, who is also a board member at
Goldman Sachs, joins some of America’s most highly respected and
successful business leaders in the President’s Strategic and Policy
Forum, which “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 America Great Again”,
Blackstone said in a statement.
“This forum brings together CEOs and
business leaders who know what it takes to create jobs and drive
economic growth,” said President-elect Trump.
“My administration is committed to
drawing on private sector expertise and cutting the government red tape
that is holding back our businesses from hiring, innovating, and
expanding right here in America.”
The first meeting of the Forum will be held at The White House during the first week of February.
Other members of the Forum include
Stephen A. Schwarzman (Forum Chairman), Chairman, CEO, and Co-Founder of
Blackstone; Paul Atkins, CEO, Patomak Global Partners, LLC, Former
Commissioner of the Securities and Exchange Commission; Mary Barra,
Chairman and CEO, General Motors; Toby Cosgrove, CEO, Cleveland Clinic;
Jamie Dimon, Chairman and CEO, JPMorgan Chase & Co; and Larry Fink,
Chairman and CEO, BlackRock.
Others are Bob Iger, Chairman and CEO,
The Walt Disney Company; Rich Lesser, President and CEO, Boston
Consulting Group; Doug McMillon, President and CEO, Wal-Mart Stores,
Inc.; Jim McNerney, Former Chairman, President, and CEO, Boeing; Adebayo
“Bayo” Ogunlesi, Chairman and Managing Partner, Global Infrastructure
Partners; Ginni Rometty, Chairman, President, and CEO, IBM; Kevin Warsh,
Shepard Family Distinguished Visiting Fellow in Economics, Hoover
Institute, Former Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System; Mark Weinberger, Global Chairman and CEO, EY; Jack
Welch, Former Chairman and CEO, General Electric; and Daniel Yergin,
Pulitzer Prize-winner, Vice Chairman of IHS Markit.
The Forum will be chaired by Stephen A. Schwarzman, Chairman, CEO, and Co-Founder of Blackstone.
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