chartered accountant, bomJune 29,1927, Idanre, Ondo State; married Agnes Rosaline Adeyemi 1958, two sons, five daughters; Education: Boys' High School, Ondo, 1943-48, Baiham and Tooting College of Commerce, UK, 1955-57; Career: Appointed Accounts Clerk, Nigerian Railway Corporation, 1949- 55; Audit Trainee, Wood Child Spencer and Company, London, 1957-58; Accountant, later Chief Accountant, Nigerian Railway Corporation, 1958-74; Chairman, Examina tion Committee, Institute of Chartered Ac countants ofNigeria, 1968-72; member, Boardof Studies/Examiners, Faculty of Busi ness Administration, University of Lagos, 1973-79; members, Federal Body of Appeal (Tax) Commissioners, 1973-80; Deputy Gen eral Manager, Bentworth Finance Nigeria Limited (ASubsidiary of UDT, UK), 1974- 77; Leader, Nigerian Delegation to the First Commonwealth Conference of Accountants, India, 1975 andofficiated asChairman ofone of the Technical Sessions; Acting Deputy Chairman of one of the Technical Sessions on Inflation Accounting at the 11th Interna tional Congress of Accountants, Munich, West Germany, 1977; Representative ofNi geria as Adviser, Council ofthe International Federation of Accounts, 1977-78; Founder and Chief Executive, Julius Akinyokun Owoseni (JAO) Consultants Limited, (Finan cial and Management Consultants); Repre sented theNigerian Railway Corporation on several meetings, both in Nigeria andOver seas to negotiate loans from the Federal Min istries of Finance and Economic Develop ment, Crown Agents, London, British Min istry ofOverseas Development, World Bank and allied agencies; Senior Partner, J. Akin Owoseni and Company, Chartered Accoun tants, since 1977;member, Board of Gover nors, Olofin Anglican Grammar School, Idanre, for four years; member Board ofGov ernors, ADRAO International School, Victoria Island, for twelve years; Chairman, Associationof Chartered Secretaries and Ad ministrators, 1966-68 and memberof Coun cil, 1960-76; Member ofCouncil Institute of Chartered Accountants ofNigeria, 1964-78 and its President, 1974-75; fellow, Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators; fellow, Institute of Taxation; fellow. Eco nomic Development Institute of the World Bank; fellow, Chartered Association of Cer tified Accountants; Traditional Title: Otun Ijo of St Paul's Anglican Church, Idanre; Foreign Honour: Recipient, Distinguished Leadership Award (American Biographical Institute Inc); Hobbies: cycling, walking; Official Address: J. Akin Owoseni and Company, Chartered Accountants, 42 Opebi Road, Ikeja Lagos State. Telephone: 01-961- 376,933-956; Home:25, EricMoore Street, Ikeja, Lagos State. Telephone: 01-960667, 932447.
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