Fourth Annual Conference and Meeting
London, England, United Kingdom
October 31 -
November 02, 2003
Special Guest of Honour
Gamaliel Onosode, one of Nigeria's most trusted names in the world of
finance and business, is the Special Guest of Honour at our Fourth
Annual Conference and Meeting, which will hold in London, England,
October 31 - November 2, 2003. He has provided us with an abridged
curriculum vitae that is reproduced below. For other insights into
this distinguished business and religious Urhobo leader, see his
self-reflections on the occasion of his 70th birthday.
Peter P. Ekeh
Chair
Urhobo Historical Society
October 18, 2003
GAMALIEL O. ONOSODE
Born 22 May, 1933, Mr. G. O. Onosode has chaired several
private and public sector businesses and initiatives. He was Chairman
& Chief Executive of NAL Bank Plc (1973-79) Other
major businesses and initiatives that he has chaired include Dunlop
Nigeria Plc (since 1984), Cadbury Nigeria Plc (1977-93), Presidential
Commission on Parastatals (1981), Nigeria
LNG Working Committee and Nigeria LNG Limited (1985-90) and the Niger
Delta Environmental Survey (since 1995). Mr.
Onosode was Presidential Adviser on Budget
Affairs and Director of Budget (1983). He is a Fellow of the Economic
Development Institute of the World Bank, the Nigerian Institute of
Management, of which he was President (1979-82). He is also a Fellow
of The Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria, having been elected to membership of its Board of Fellows in 1998.
In addition, Mr. Onosode is immediate
past and inaugural President of the Chartered Institute of
Stockbrokers, immediate past Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the
Governing Council of the University of
Uyo and immediate past and inaugural
President & Chairman of Council of the Association of Pension
Funds of Nigeria. He is an Honorary Fellow of the Nigerian Academy
of Letters and holds Honorary D.Sc. degrees of Obafemi Awolowo University (1990), the University of Benin
(1995), and the Rivers State University of Science and Technology
(2003) as well as Honorary D.D. degree of The Nigerian Baptist
Theological Seminary,
Ogbomoso (2002).
Mr. Onosode was admitted to the Honour
Roll of Mellanby Hall, University of Ibadan, in 1982. He is a pioneer recipient of the
Ughelli Descendants Union Distinguished
Service Award (2000) and recipient of the Faculty of Arts University
of Ibadan Golden Jubilee Distinguished Alumnus Merit Award (2001).
Mr. Gamaliel
Onosode was a Member of the inaugural
Provisional Governing Council of Bowen University, Iwo. He is currently Chairman of the Delta State Think-Tank on
Development, the Global Missions Board of the Nigerian Baptist
Convention and the Governing Council of The Nigerian Baptist
Theological Seminary, Ogbomoso.