Professor Fabian Ajogwu SAN, FCArb is a Senior Advocate of Nigeria and Lagos Business School Professor of Corporate Governance. He is an Alumnus of the Lagos Business School, and Said Business School of Oxford University. He holds a PhD in Law from the University of Aberdeen, Scotland; an MBA from the IESE Business School, University of Navarra, Barcelona; and Law degrees from the University of Nigeria and the University of Lagos. He has practised law for over 3 decades and is with Kenna Partners.

He has been the Lead Counsel to the governments and corporations in several cases of national importance with an emphasis on energy, telecommunications, finance, and policy. He authored the books – ‘The Law & Practice of Private Equity; Commercial Arbitration in Nigeria: Law & Practice’, ‘Fair Hearing’, ‘Ship Acquisition & Finance: Law & Practice’‘Corporate Governance & Group Dynamics’, ‘Corporate Governance in Nigeria: Law and Practice’, Mergers & Acquisition in Nigeria: Law and Practice’, ‘Law & Society, and ‘Decoupling Ownership from Management of Companies. He co-authored ‘Petroleum Law and Sustainable Development, ‘Legal & Regulatory Aspects of Commerce’, ‘Trade & Investments in Nigeria: Legal and Regulatory Aspects’, Outcomes-Based Governance….’, ‘Oral and Written Advocacy: Law & Practice’ and ‘Collecting Art: A Handbook’

Professor Ajogwu is a Fellow of the Society for Corporate Governance Nigeria; Nigerian Institute of Chartered Arbitrators, African Leadership Initiative West Africa, Henry Crown Global Leadership, Aspen Institute; the AIFA Reading Society; and the Society for Art Collection. He is the President of the Nigerian Institute of Chartered Arbitrators. He is a Director of Stanbic IBTC Holdings Plc (member of Standard Bank Group), Guinness Nigeria Plc (Diageo), and the Nigerian Stock Exchange and London Stock Exchange dual listed Seplat Energy Plc. He served as the Distinguished Legal Author on the Council of Legal Education (Nigerian Law School) and was a member of the General Council of the Bar. He assisted the Securities & Exchange Commission in drafting Nigeria’s pioneer Code of Corporate Governance, chaired the Nigerian Communications Commission Committee on the Corporate Governance Code for the telecommunications industry, and served on the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria Committee on the National Code of Corporate Governance.

He chaired Leap Africa, NES Global, ARM-Harith Infrastructure Fund (Nigeria’s pioneer infrastructure fund), chairs Novare Malls Group, chaired the Body of Senior Advocate of Nigeria Continuing Legal Education Subcommittee, and serves on the Body’s Ethics Committee. Professor Ajogwu, SAN is the recipient of the 2022 national honours award of the Officer of the Order of the Federal Republic (OFR) preferred on him by the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Nigeria. He is passionate about building a good society through purposeful giving.