Christopher Kolade, CON (born 1932), is a Nigerian

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and academic.

Early life and education

He was born in Erin – Oke,

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, in 1932. He completed his secondar-school education at

Government College, Ibadan Government College Ibadan (founded 28 February 1929) is a boys' secondary school located on the hills of Apata Ganga in Ibadan, Nigeria. History The founding fathers of Government College Ibadan were Selwyn MacGregor Grier, Director of Education ...

after which he studied at Fourah Bay College, Freetown, Sierra Leone.

Career

He is a veteran broadcaster and sometime Director–General of the Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation. He was Chief Executive and Chairman of Cadbury Nigeria Plc and formerly the Nigerian High Commissioner to The United Kingdom. He was a colonial era Education Officer in Nigeria. Currently, he teaches Corporate Governance and Human Resources Management at

Lagos Business School Lagos Business School (LBS) is the graduate business school of Pan-Atlantic University, owned by the Pan-Atlantic University Foundation (PAUF), a non-profit foundation registered in Nigeria. LBS was founded on inspirations from the teachings of ...

(LBS), and Leadership & Conflict Management at School of Media & Communication (SMC). LBS and SMC are both schools of

Pan-Atlantic University Pan-Atlantic University is a private, non-profit educational institution in Lekki, Lagos State. Timeline The university had its origin as the Lagos Business School (LBS), established in 1991. The federal government approved the university a ...

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. Formerly a member of the university's Governing Council, Dr Kolade was the Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Council of Pan-Atlantic University, He is presently the Chancellor of

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, Ogun, Nigeria.

Service

Dr. Kolade has served in many national and international bodies, having been President of * The Nigerian Institute of Management (1985–88), * The Institute of Personnel Management of Nigeria (1988–93), * The International Institute for Communications (1973–75) * The World Association for Christian Communication (1975–82). He received the medal of the Order of St. Augustine from the Archbishop of Canterbury (1981), and is also a Lay Canon of the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit in the Diocese of Guildford. He was later appointed Chairman of the Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme Board by President

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of Nigeria on 3 January 2012.

Hobbies

He enjoys reading and playing musical instruments like the piano. He used to love playing tennis but has given that up. Kolade has promoted business integrity in Nigeria through his chairmanship of organisations such as Integrity Organisation Ltd GTE and The Convention on Business Integrity Ltd GTE.

References

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* * Living people 1932 births Community activists Community building Nigerian Anglicans Nigerian Christian pacifists Anglican pacifists Nigerian diplomats Pan-Atlantic University faculty People from Osun State Government College, Ibadan alumni Fourah Bay College alumni Commanders of the Order of the Niger Nigerian chairpersons of corporations {{Nigeria-diplomat-stub