1985, Undergraduate degree in Business Education; 1987, Master's in International Law and Diplomacy, University of Lagos; 2000, Master's in Public Policy and Administration, Harvard University. Chartered Accountant. Formerly: auditor and management consultant; Senior Special Assistant for Budget to the President of Nigeria and Price Intelligence Unit, Reformer of Public Procurement System; Chairperson, Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative; Founding Member and Director, Africa, Transparency Int'l; Minister of Solid Minerals Development; Minister of Education; Founder and Co-Director, Center for Public Policy Priorities in Nigeria. 2007-12, Vice-President, World Bank, Africa Region. 2012-15, Senior Economic Adviser, Open Society Foundation, Africa Economic Development Policy Initiative (AEDPI). Since 2015, Senior Economic Adviser, AEDPI. Commissioner, Global Ocean Commission. Former Director, WWF- Switzerland and Bharti-Airtel. Member of the Board, Harold Hartog School of Government and Policy at Tel Aviv University, the School of Public Policy of Central European University, Budapest, Hungary, Global Leadership Institute, Tufts University, NCMG International, New African Magazine, London. Co-Convener, #BringBackOurGirls. Co-Chair, All Party Parliamentary Group on International Freedom of Religion or Belief, United Kingdom. Chairperson, Advisory Board, Nigeria 2031. Recipient, honours and awards, including: Nigerian Commander of the Order of the Federal Republic (CFR), 2006; two honorary doctorates.