Adiba Ighodaro

Independent Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Nominations Committee

Adiba brings extensive expertise in global private markets from over 30 years of experience, including legal structuring, development finance, private equity origination and investment.

Committees

  • Audit
  • Management Engagement
  • Nominations (Chair)

Career history

Adiba Ighodaro was appointed to the Board in 2022 and became Chair of the Nominations Committee in April 2025. Adiba is a former Partner and a founding member of the international private equity firm Actis, where she held both investing and fundraising leadership roles in the UK, Nigeria and the US. Prior to this she worked with CDC Group plc (now British International Investment) from which, combined with Actis, she has close to 30 years of investing across private equity, energy infrastructure and real estate.

Adiba is currently an Independent Non-Executive Director on the board of Standard Chartered Bank Nigeria Ltd where she chairs the Audit Committee. Adiba is also a non-executive director on the boards of Polar Capital Technology Trust plc and M-Kopa Holdings Ltd.