Bunmi Agagu-Adu is a versatile business leader with over eighteen years post-qualification experience; sixteen of those years have been spent garnering skills and expertise in the oil & energy and manufacturing sectors of the Nigerian economy.
Bunmi’s journey with Eterna Plc – Nigeria’s first wholly owned indigenous oil & gas company quoted on the floor of the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) started in 2008 as a Corporate Affairs & Legal Officer and has traversed several business units within Eterna Plc having served as Corporate Communications Manager; Head, Compliance; Company Secretary/Legal Adviser; Head, Real Estate & Non-Fuels Revenue; Head Gas and recently as General Manager, Lubricants & Gas.
She honed her leadership skills as Company Secretary and General Counsel at Eterna Plc where she had responsibility for the corporate secretariat, contracting, regulatory compliance, dispute resolution and legal advisory for over twelve years. She is highly skilled in people management, corporate commercial negotiations, dispute resolution, business & legal writing and Intellectual Property rights.
In her current role as Executive Director – Eterna Plc and Managing Director – Eterna Industries Limited, she has responsibility for driving the Company’s growth and sustainably executing the Board’s strategy.
She is a 2005 graduate of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka where she earned a Bachelor of Laws degree and was subsequently called to the Nigerian Bar in 2006.
She is an Associate member of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries & Administrators, UK and Nigeria. She also holds an MSc in Corporate Governance from the Leeds Beckett University, UK. She has attended several local and international trainings from reputable institutions including but not limited to, the Lagos Business School and Harvad Business School.
Bunmi has an energetic mind, obsessed with creating positive outcomes and enhancing value in transactions. She is a recipient of the esq 40 under 40 lawyers that would shape the future of the legal profession in Nigeria.
Bunmi is married and has a daughter. She enjoys reading and engaging in meaningful conversations.
