President Bola Tinubu has appointed Mr. Ayodeji Ariyo Gbeleyi as the new Director-General of the Bureau of Public Enterprises.
This was made known in a statement released by the president’s spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, on Saturday.
Gbeleyi is recognized as a distinguished financial expert and an award-winning chartered accountant.
He holds fellowships with both the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria and the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria.
His educational background includes executive programs at the London Business School, Harvard Kennedy School of Government, and Lagos Business School.
With over three decades of post-qualification experience, Gbeleyi’s career spans various sectors such as manufacturing, fast-moving consumer goods, investment and commercial banking, project finance, telecommunications, infrastructure, and public administration.
He has previously served as the Board Chairman of the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria and was the Commissioner of Finance in Lagos State from 2013 to 2015.
“The President expects the new Director-General to bring his vast experience and competence to bear in this role to strengthen the agency as the national resource centre for capacity building and sustenance of reforms through the promotion of a competitive private sector-driven economy, ensuring social accountability and efficient deployment of public resources, as well as advancing effective corporate governance and fiduciary discipline in the public and private sectors,” the statement added.
