OYEYIMIKA ADEBOYE
Managing Director at Cadbury Plc, Managing Director Mondelez West Africa
Oyeyimika Adeboye joined the Board of Cadbury Nigeria Plc. as Finance and Strategy Director in
November 2008. She was appointed as Managing Director of Cadbury Nigeria Plc on 1 April 2019 and
Cluster Director of Mondelēz International West Africa on 1 July 2019. Mrs. Adeboye is the chairman
of the Board of Cadbury Ghana Limited.
Prior to joining the Mondelēz International group, Mrs. Adeboye was the Chief Financial Officer and
Director of Finance at Nigerian Bottling Company Plc (NBC) a member of the Coca Cola Hellenic
Bottling Company Group.
Mrs. Adeboye worked for the Nigeria Practice of the erstwhile accounting firm of Arthur Andersen &
Co, and the London Practice of Midgley Snelling & Co, Chartered Accountants, where she also trained
as an articled clerk after graduating with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Economics and Social Studies
from University College Cardiff, Wales.
Mrs. Adeboye is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and a
Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Nigeria.
Mrs. Adeboye is a member of the Board of Odutola Holdings Limited, a family-owned group of
companies. She is also a member of the Board of Trustees of the Timothy Adeola Odutola Foundation,
a family-owned philanthropic foundation.
Mrs. Adeboye was appointed as a member of the National Council of the Manufacturers Association
of Nigeria (MAN) in October 2023. She sits as a Council Member of MAN Ikeja Branch, Council
Member, Nigeria Employers Consultative Association (NECA), and is also a board member of the
Food and Beverage Recycling Alliance (FBRA).
As part of her philanthropic work, Mrs Adeboye is a member of the Board of Trustees YEO Foundation
which provides various initiatives to empower less privileged women. She also contributes her time
to mentoring and empowering professional women along an ethical career path, through the
platforms of Women in Successful Careers (WISCAR) and Women in Business (WIMBIZ).
Mrs. Adeboye was conferred with the National Productivity Order of Merit Award in 2023. She was
recognised by the House of Rose Professional as one of Africa’s most inspirational women in
leadership both in 2022 and 2023 in its “Break the ceiling touch the sky®” list of the most successful
women in leadership in Africa.
Mrs. Adeboye is passionate about accelerating equality in business and is an award winner of the
Accenture Gender Mainstreaming Awards (2023). In recognition of her commitment to the wellbeing
of employees, she was awarded the “People First” CEO Award by the Chartered Institute of Personnel
Management in 2023.
