Our Board of Trustees
High profiled and high caliber persons have been carefully selected to provide strategic direction for the foundation. The Trustees of the foundation are

Mr Jide Olagundoye
Chairman

Mrs Ibironke Adeagbo FCCA FCA CPFA
Founder,
Ibironke Adeagbo is the founder of IA- Foundation. She is a chartered accountant. She was a director of British Safety council and has been a trustee/director of many charities in the UK. She has worked as Assistant principal/Director of Corporate services in the education sector in the UK. She was formally the chairman of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN UK) district and a member of the Probity and Conduct panel of Royal Borough of Greenwich. Recently she was appointed to the board of StreetInvest where she serves as the Treasurer. She is the Chairperson of the Nigerian British Education Committee, UK.

Mrs Yetunde Raimi-Odimayo FCA CPFA
Treasurer
Trained with Ernst and Young, has extensive experience in the area of Assurance and Advisory services as well as Charity Accounting. Has 13 years experience as an educator specialising in professional accounting qualifications as well as accounting and auditing software. Yetunde is the Chair of the Finance and Operations sub-committee.

Ms Abimbola Tytler - Designated Safeguarding Lead
Board Member
Ms Tyler is a qualified social worker since 2004. She has worked in several local authorities both in London, Kent and Essex. Her core experience has been in children and families safeguarding which included Child in Need to Child Protection, which included years of court work securing permanence for childrens. Abimbola is the Chair of the Programme and Bursary sub committee.

Mr Diran Famakinwa FCA FCCA MBA
Vice Chairman
Diran was a member of the Executive team of St. Nicholas Hospital Lagos. Mr Famakinwa was a Trustee of TradeRelief UK, a charity enabling local entrepreneurs in developing countries to grow self-sustaining businesses. Diran is a member of the Foundation’s Finance and Operations committee.

Ms Julie Benson
Board Member

Mrs Tokunbo Okeowo
Board Member
Mrs Tokunboh Okeowo is a Consultant Pharmacist and Clinical Oncologist in the NHS. Tokunbo is a member of the Foundation’s Fundraising Committees.

Mr Deji Ishmael
Board Secretary
He sits on the board of the PMI Educational Foundation (PMIEF) and continues to look for ways to make education count.

Mr Olubowale Oluwasanya
Board Member
Olubowale Oluwasanya is a Cybersecurity Architect and Risk management consultant, (Automation & control Systems) with over 20 years’ experience, building and delivering technical solution in several multi-jurisdictional organisations. With extensive experience within Information Technology, Telecommunication and Oil & Gas industries, and has for over eight years successfully delivered information security related multi-vendor integrated solutions. Due to this passion for humanity, his spare time is spent with a number of charities both in Nigeria and UK, with primary focus on mentoring. Olubowale is the Chair of the Foundation’s IT and Compliance sub committee.
Our Ambassadors

Prof. Henry Fadamiro
Ambassador

Mr. Samuel Taiwo-Brown
Ambassador
Mr. Samuel Taiwo-Brown is an experienced teacher and was a school principal in Florida. He was a Project Director of Inspection in several primary and special needs schools of England. He was an Education Consultant for the Department of Education in the UK.

Prof. Adegbemi Onakoya
Ambassador

Justice Olanrewaju Onafowokan
Ambassador

Oluladun Adeagbo
Ambassador
Oluladun Adeagbo is a sociology graduate of Loughborough University, Leicester, UK. She is a Human Resources expert with a top American law firm – Paul Hastings. She has a passion for enabling students excel in their education and achieving their potentials in life.

Taiwo Akinlami
Ambassador

Opeyemi Grace Adedara
Ambassador

Rufai Oseni
Brand Ambassador
Mr Rufai Oseni is an ace broadcaster and passionate Nigerian who is so concerned at the increasing rate of out-of-school children in Nigeria.

Lande Abudu
Brand Ambassador
Lande Abudu is the Component Lead for Standalone Solar Home Systems on the World Bank Nigeria Electrification Project being implemented by the Rural Electrification Agency. Her prior role was as the CEO of Renewable Energy Association of Nigeria (REAN), Africa’s foremost association of renewable energy professionals, project developers and practitioners. Before that she was heading market development for West Africa at a leading multinational company with a presence in twelve African countries, providers of solar home systems to off grid communities.
Ms Abudu is a European Energy Centre-accredited Renewable Energy Expert and a member of the EnergyCPD Renewable Energy Professionals.

ADEUSI, SOLOMON OLORUNFUNMI, FCA
Brand Ambassador
Solomon Adeusi is an experienced C Level expert in Financial Strategy and Business Transformation.
A Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN), he has more than 25 years post – ACA experience in management in various sectors of the Sub Sahara African and European economies including Cyber Security, Aviation, Integrated Marketing Communications, Private Equity, FMCG, Oil & Gas, Electrical Power Engineering & Utilities, Transportation, Logistics & Heavy Plant Equipment, Contracting, Consulting, Manufacturing, Financial Services, and Telecommunications.
He is currently the Head of Finance for a leading UK Cybersecurity firm with legal entities and operations in the UK, Netherlands, Finland, Sweden and Germany. He was Head Finance, Business Services & HR Management at Lufthansa Group for 7 years. He also represented Lufthansa Group as non-Executive Director on the board of NAHCO Plc. Before joining Lufthansa Group, Solomon was Director Finance, West & Central Africa with Integrated Marketing Communications giant, MediaReach OMD.
He was previously Group Financial Controller of UK based company, HVMS – High Voltage Maintenance Services Limited.
A versatile strategist with diverse experience Solomon is also a member of the UK Institute of Occupational Safety & Health, Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria, Nigerian Chartered Institute of Management and Institute of Directors, Nigeria. He is an alumnus of Lagos Business School.
He was appointed as an Ambassador of I-A Foundation in January 2023.