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| owner = Ndume Green |
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'''Olawale Edun''' is a Nigerian economist, investment banker and the current [[Finance Minister of Nigeria|Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Onuah |first=Felix |date=2023-08-16 |title=Nigeria's Tinubu appoints banker Olawale Edun as finance minister -presidency |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/nigerias-tinubu-appoints-banker-olawale-edun-finance-minister-presidency-2023-08-16/ |access-date=2023-08-21}}</ref> |
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== Education == |
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Wale Edun holds a Bachelor’s and masters degree in Economics from the [[University of London]] and the [[University of Sussex]]. |
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== Career == |
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From 1980 to 1986, Wale Edun worked at Chase Merchant Bank (later Continental) in Lagos, Nigeria. He joined the World Bank in september 1986 through the elite Young Professionals program, where he worked on economic and financial packages for several countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. In 1989, he co-founded Investment Banking & Trust Company Limited (now Stanbic IBTC) and served as executive director.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Olisah |first=Chike |date=2023-08-16 |title=Ex-Investment banker, Wale Edun, is Minister of finance and coordinating minister of the economy |url=https://nairametrics.com/2023/08/16/wale-edun-is-minister-of-finance/ |access-date=2023-08-21 |website=Nairametrics |language=en-US}}</ref> . In 1994, he founded Denham Management Limited and has served as chairman since March 2008. |
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=== Political career === |
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In 1999, he was appointed as Commissioner for Finance in Lagos State by then governor, [[Bola Tinubu]], a position he held for two terms till 2007. |
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Wale Edun, was the chairman of the governing council and the board of trustees of the Trust Fund for the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP) for the implementation of the United Nations Environmental Report (UNEP) on Ogoniland.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reporter |first=Our |date=2016-08-04 |title=Buhari inaugurates Wale Edun-led BoT, governing council for Ogoni clean-up |url=https://tribuneonlineng.com/buhari-inaugurates-wale-edun-led-bot-governing-council-ogoni-clean/ |access-date=2023-08-21 |website=Tribune Online |language=en-GB}}</ref> |
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In 2023, Nigerian president [[Bola Tinubu]] appointed him as Minister of State, Health and Social Welfare. He was sworn in on the 21st of August, 2023.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Aworinde |first=Oluwatobi |date=16 August 2023 |title=Full List: Portfolios Of Tinubu’s 45 Ministers |work=[[Channels TV]] |url=https://www.channelstv.com/2023/08/16/full-list-of-ministers-and-portfolios/ |access-date=21 August 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Tour operators: How Lola Ade-John can succeed as tourism minister - P.M. News |url=https://pmnewsnigeria.com/2023/08/19/tour-operators-how-lola-ade-john-can-succeed-as-tourism-minister/ |access-date=2023-08-21 |language=en-US}}</ref> |
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== Personal life & philantropy == |
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Wale Edun is a board member and the Nigerian chairman of the Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award Foundation.<ref>{{Cite news |date=11 April 2021 |title=Wale Edun lauds Duke of Edinburgh’s legacy |work=The Nation |url=https://thenationonlineng.net/wale-edun-lauds-duke-of-edinburghs-legacy/ |access-date=21 August 2021}}</ref> He is also chairman of Lagos Boxing Hall of Fame, a non-profit youth development organization that runs amateur boxing in Lagos.<ref>{{Cite news |date=6 August 2010 |title=Lagos Boxing Hall Of Fame Clocks One |work=PM News |url=https://pmnewsnigeria.com/2010/08/06/lagos-boxing-hall-of-fame-clocks-one/ |access-date=21 August 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Nigeria |first=Guardian |date=2021-06-19 |title=Edun urges corporate Nigeria to emulate GOtv’s intervention in boxing |url=https://guardian.ng/sport/edun-urges-corporate-nigeria-to-emulate-gotvs-intervention-in-boxing/ |access-date=2023-08-21 |website=The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News |language=en-US}}</ref> |
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He is the Chairman of Livewell Initiative, a health-based [[Non-governmental organization|NGO.]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ologunagbe |first=Olamide |date=2023-08-21 |title=Fiscal headaches awaiting Edun as finance minister |url=https://businessday.ng/news/article/fiscal-headaches-awaiting-edun-as-finance-minister/ |access-date=2023-08-21 |website=Businessday NG |language=en}}</ref> |
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== References == |
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{{Reference list}} |
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