Ayisat Agbaje-Okunade

Ayisat Olabimpe Agbaje-Okunade is a public-sector leader and leadership development
practitioner whose work sits at the intersection of governance, youth leadership and institutional
development.

She is the Executive Secretary of the Lateef Jakande Leadership Academy, where she leads
the Lagos State Government’s flagship leadership development institution, identifying,
developing and equipping emerging leaders for public service and wider societal impact.

An alumna of the Kashim Ibrahim Fellowship, Ayisat previously served as Special Assistant to
the Governor of Kaduna State and as Senior Special Assistant on Development Partnerships
and Economic Planning to the Governor of Lagos State. Her work across government has
spanned policy, development partnerships, institution-building and the development of young
leaders.

She is also the Founder of the AA Initiative, through which more than 5,000 vulnerable people
have been supported through humanitarian and community programmes