Ayotola Jagun is the Chief Compliance Officer and Company Secretary of Oando PLC.
An experienced lawyer with 29 years of experience at the Nigerian Bar and a specialist in Corporate Law, Compliance and Corporate Governance, Ayotola’s legal experience spans several jurisdictions including the United Kingdom, Bermuda, Canada and Nigeria. She has worked in notable firms including, Chief Rotimi Williams Chambers, PwC LLP, and Sara Lee (now Unilever) in the United Kingdom and Citigroup and Capital G Limited in Bermuda.
A dual-qualified lawyer (Nigeria and England), she holds an M.Sc. degree in Corporate Governance & Ethics from the University of London. Ayotola is a Certified Anti-money Laundering Specialist (ACAMS) and a Certified Ethics Officer (The Ethics Institute SA)
Ayotola is a Board member of the United Nations Global Compact Network Nigeria. She is a member of the Institute of Directors (Nigeria) Committee on Independent Directors, Chairs the Corporate Governance and Compliance Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association, Section on Business Law and is a member of Council and Head of the External Relations Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association Women Forum. She heads the Equality in Law focal group of the NESG Community of Practice on Gender.
Ayotola was recently appointed as a member of the first Governing Board of the Mirabel Centre, the first Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Nigeria.