He is a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, and Lagos Business School Professor of Corporate Governance. He is an Alumnus of the Saïd Business School of Oxford University and the Lagos Business School. Professor Ajogwu holds a Ph.D in Law from the University of Aberdeen, Scotland; an MBA from the IESE Business School, Barcelona; and Law degrees from the University of Nigeria and the University of Lagos. He has practised law at Kenna Partners for over 3 decades, with 16 years in the Inner Bar.
Professor Ajogwu is the Founder and Fellow of the Society for Corporate Governance Nigeria; a Fellow of the Nigerian Institute of Chartered Arbitrators, the African Leadership Initiative West Africa, Henry Crown Global Leadership of the Aspen Institute, the AIFA Reading Society, the Society for Art Collection, and a member of the Oxford Philosophical Society, Royal Institute of Philosophy London, and Royal African Society, UK. He is the President and Chairman of the Governing Council of the Nigerian Institute of Chartered Arbitrators. He served on 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 the London Court of International Arbitration.
He has been Lead Counsel to corporations and governments 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’; ‘Ship Acquisition & Finance’; ‘Corporate Governance & Group Dynamics’; ‘Corporate Governance in Nigeria’; ‘Commercial Arbitration in Nigeria’; ‘Fair Hearing’; ‘Mergers & Acquisition in Nigeria’; ‘Law & Society’; and ‘Decoupling Ownership from Management of Companies.’ He co-authored the books – “Outcomes-Based Governance’’ with Mervyn King SC; ‘Petroleum Law and Sustainable Development’; ‘Legal & Regulatory Aspects of Commerce’; ‘Trade & Investments in Nigeria’; ‘Oral and Written Advocacy’; and ‘Sustainability & COP28: What It Means For Boards’
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 the pioneer Code of Corporate Governance for the Telecommunications sector. He served on the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria Committee on the National Code of Corporate Governance 2018. He chaired ARM Harith Infrastructure Ltd (Nigeria’s pioneer infrastructure fund), the Board Nominations and Governance Committee, and Energy Transition Committee of Seplat Energy Plc, Body of Senior Advocates of Nigeria Committee on Continuing Legal Education; and chairs Novare Group in Nigeria, and NES Global. He serves on the Board of Stanbic IBTC Holdings Plc, chairs the Pensions Funds Operators of Nigeria, and Guinness Nigeria Plc,. Professor Ajogwu is the recipient of the national honours of the Officer of the Order of the Federal Republic (OFR) conferred on him by the President of Nigeria.
