Funmi Ogunlesi is a Director within the Public Sector Group. She is the Head of Government Affairs for Sub Saharan Africa at Citibank Nigeria, in charge of the Public Sector. In this capacity, she supervises Citi’s coverage of government clients within Nigeria and Ghana. Prior to this, she was the Citi Treasury and Trade Solutions Head for Public Sector agencies in Africa. Funmi has led the local Citi team that as Joint Lead Manager (JLM), successfully executed Nigeria’s debut $500 million Eurobond as well as its subsequent Eurobond and GDN issues in 2011, 2013 and 2014, respectively. Most recently she led the local Citi team for Nigeria’s landmark $1.5 Billion Eurobond transactions in February and March, 2017 as well as in November, 2018.

She has also held previous roles as the Chief Operating Officer of Citibank Nigeria (2008-2013); She also served as Country Manager (CCO) of Citibank Gabon from 2002 to 2007. In Gabon she led the local Team that successfully executed the Republic of Gabon debut $1 Billion Sovereign Bond (2007), only the second country in Sub-Saharan Africa at the time. Citi acted as Ratings Advisor, Joint Bookrunner, Custodian and Agent. In addition to a degree in History from Leicester University (UK), Funmi Ogunlesi also holds BA and MA Degrees in Law from Kings College, Cambridge University (UK) as well as an MBA from Cambridge University (the Judge Business School).