Prof. Fabian Ajogwu, is a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, and Professor of Corporate Governance at the Lagos Business School. He is also the author of several books on legal practice in Nigeria spanning corporate governance, arbitration, mergers and acquisition and commercial law amongst others.

An alumnus of the University of Lagos and University of Nigeria Nsukka where he obtained his LL.B and LL.M respectively, Professor Ajogwu holds a Doctorate degree in Law from the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, as well as a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the IESE Business School, University of Navarra, Barcelona Spain.

He has also attended several Executive Courses at the Lagos Business School, “Said” Business School University of Oxford UK, Aspen Institute Aspen Colorado U.S.A, and the Harvard Business School, Boston Massachusetts U.S.A.

Professor Ajogwu is the Founder of the Society for Corporate Governance Nigeria and the President of the Nigerian Institute of Chartered Arbitrators, amongst other professional memberships. He served on the Governing Council of the Pan-Atlantic University, the General Council of the Bar, and twice on the Council of Legal Education (Nigerian Law School) as the statutorily designated Distinguished Legal Author. He is a member of the International Council for Commercial Arbitration, and London Court of International Arbitration.

Professor Ajogwu assisted the Securities and Exchange Commission in drafting Nigeria's pioneer Code of Corporate Governance. He chaired the Nigerian Communications Commission Committee on Corporate Governance for the Telecommunication sector. He served on the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria Committee on the National Code of Corporate Governance. He chaired ARM Harith Infrastructure Ltd (Nigeria’s pioneer infrastructure fund), Body of Senior Advocates of Nigeria Committee on Continuing Legal Education; and chairs Novare Group in Nigeria, and NES Global. He was appointed to the Board of Guinness Nigeria PLC as an Independent Non-Executive Director on 01 November 2018 and serves as a member of the Board of Trustees of Wigwe University and Grange Schools.

Professor Ajogwu, SAN, is the recipient of the National Honours award of the Officer of the Order of the Federal Republic (OFR) preferred to him by the President of Nigeria.

He is a member of the following committees:

• Board Legal Committee- Chairman
• Board Nomination and Governance Committee
• Board Remuneration Committee

Appointed: 2017