TRUMP PICKS NIGERIAN WHO OWNS GATWICK AIRPORT TO JOIN HIS ECONOMIC CABINET

President-elect Donald Trump has assembled a kitchen cabinet of wealthy corporate and financial executives — including current and former leaders from General Motors, JPMorgan Chase and IBM — to provide him with economic advice.

The 16-person group, whose membership was announced Friday includes top Nigerian entrepreneur Adebayo Ogunlesi.

Bayo Ogunlesi is Chairman and Managing Partner of Global Infrastructure Management, LLC, which is a private equity firm with more than $35 billion in assets under management and invests worldwide in infrastructure assets in the energy, transport, and water and waste industry sectors.

Mr Ogunlesi’s organisations assets include Gatwick Airport , Edinghburh Airport and City Airport in London making him the first Nigerian to independently own airports in the West.

Mr. Ogunlesi serves as a member of the board of directors of Goldman Sachs, Kosmos Energy, and Callaway Golf Co. Mr. Ogunlesi holds a B.A. in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from Oxford University, a J.D. from Harvard Law School, and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

Prior to founding Global Infrastructure Management, Mr. Ogunlesi spent 23 years at Credit Suisse where he held senior positions, including Executive Vice Chairman, Chief Client Officer, and Global Head of Investment Banking.

Before joining Credit Suisse, he was an attorney with the New York law firm of Cravath, Swaine & Moore. From 1980 to 1981, he served as a Law Clerk to the Honorable Thurgood Marshall, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court.

The Forum will be chaired by Stephen A. Schwarzman, Chairman, CEO, and Co-Founder of Blackstone, with the task of helping the president to implement his plan to bring back jobs and Make America Great Again.

This forum brings together CEOs and business leaders who know what it takes to create jobs and drive economic growth,” said President-elect Trump.

“My administration is committed to drawing on private sector expertise and cutting the government red tape that is holding back our businesses from hiring, innovating, and expanding right here in America.”

The first meeting of the Forum will be held at The White House during the first week of February.