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Nike Akerele-De Souza

Nike Akerele-De Souza was IIED's chief operating officer until February 2025

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Languages: English, Yoruba

Nike is a chartered accountant, human resources and social impact specialist, with a diverse background and exposure to the private, consulting, and non-profit sectors working and living in several countries. Extensive career operating as part of senior leadership as well as entrepreneurial ventures in both the private and social impact sectors.

Expertise

Operations; strategy and business planning; finance and talent management

Before IIED

  • Client service director - Dressler KBO Consulting
  • Co-founder - Teach for Nigeria
  • Founder/CEO - PeoplePrime & PeopleTemp
  • Group head/senior manager - Arthur Andersen/KPMG
  • Senior consultant - Mitchell Titus & Co, CPA
  • Senior consultant - Gardiner Kamya & Co, CPA

Education

  • MA in Educational Planning, Economics and International Development at University College London (UCL)
  • Owner Manager Program (OMP) - Entrepreneurship Development at Lagos Business School, Pan Atlantic University
  • BSc in Business Administration (concentration in Accounting and Management Information Systems) at The American University, Washington, DC, USA