NiDCOM hails Biden’s appointment of 2 Nigerian-Americans as Advisers on African Diaspora Engagement

*Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairperson of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, hails the appointment of Osagie Imasogie and Chinenye Ogwumike into the 12-member Advisory Council on African Diaspora Engagement,

describing the recognition as ‘a motivation for other Nigerians and Africans in general’

Gbenga Kayode | ConsumerConnect

United States (US) President Joe Biden has appointed two Nigerian-Americans as advisers.

ConsumerConnect reports the two appointees, Osagie Imasogie and Chinenye Ogwumike, are part of the 12 members of the US President’s Advisory Council on African Diaspora Engagement in the American country.

Speaking on President Biden’s appointments of the two Nigerian-Americans, Mrs.

Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairperson of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), congratulated the duo, and affirmed that their recognition and appointment into the 12-member advisory council is a motivation for other Nigerians in particular and Africans in general.

Abdur-Rahman Balogun, Spokesperson of NiDCOM in a statement issued Wednesday, September 27, 2023, noted Dabiri-Erewa said: “The nomination of the two great Nigerians into the Advisory Council is a welcome development,”

Profiles of Imasogie and Ogwumike

Chinenye Ogwumike is a two-time WNBA All-Star for the Los Angeles Sparks and full-time, multi-platform ESPN commentator and NBA analyst.

The Nigerian-American is one of the only full-time professional athletes to also currently hold a full-time regular national sports media broadcast position.

Ogwumike was the 2014 WNBA Rookie of the Year, and is a two-time WNBA All-Star (2014, 2018).

She is proudly Nigerian-American, who graduated from Stanford University with an International Relations degree under the mentorship of Dr. Condoleezza Rice.

In August 2020, she became the first Black woman to host a national daily sports-talk radio show in the US.

The 2021 Forbes 30 under 30 honoree also holds the title of Executive Producer, producing an ESPN Films documentary “144” on the 2020 WNBA season.

Osagie Imasogie is the Chairman of the Investment Bank and SEC/FINRA registered Broker-Dealer, Quoin Capital and Quoin Advisers.

Imasogie is a co-founder of PIPV Capital, a private equity firm focused on the life sciences vertical, and has invested over $1 billion in the industry.

Prior to co-founding PIPV Capital, he had established GlaxoSmithKline Ventures and was its founding Vice President.

Imasogie has held senior commercial and R&D positions within pharmaceutical companies, such as GSK, SmithKline Beecham, and DuPont Merck.

He has also been a Price Waterhouse Corporate Finance Partner as well as a practising attorney with leading U.S. law firm, Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis.

Imasogie is a serial entrepreneur and investor who serves on the Boards of a number of financial institutions, such as FS-KKR Capital Corp and Haverford Trust, institutions that cumulatively manage over $28 billion.

He is an adviser to Brown Advisory, a firm that manages in excess of $140 billion.

Imasogie is the Vice-Chair of the Executive Committee of the Philadelphia Museum of Art and a member of the Executive Committee and Chair of the Nominating & Governance Committee of the Philadelphia Orchestra and Kimmel Center.

Imasogie is also a Trustee of the University of Pennsylvania, a member of the Executive Committee of the University, and is also the Chairman of the Board of the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, where he is an Adjunct Professor of Intellectual Property.

The Nigerian-American  holds LLM degree from the London School of Economics (LSE) and the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School.

He is a member of the New York State Bar aside from being admitted to practice in other jurisdictions in the United States.

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