Tony Ado Email and Phone Number

Tony E Ado is an entrepreneur, a philanthropist. The chairman of Heirs Holdings Limited and Transcorp Nigeria Plc.In his early career, he made a name for himself by turning the nearly bankrupt Standard Trust Bank into a top-five player in Nigeria. In 2005 he led the largest merger in the banking sector in sub-Saharan Africa, acquiring United Bank for Africa (UBA). In five years he transformed it from a single-country bank to a pan-African institution with over 7 million customers in 19 African countries.In 2010, he commenced full-time operations at Heirs Holdings and founded The Tony E Ado Foundation, an Africa-based and African-funded philanthropic organization focused on supporting entrepreneurs in Africa by enhancing the competitiveness of the private sector. He serves as a member of the USAID’s Private Capital Group for Africa Partners Forum. He sits on the Nigerian President’s Agricultural Transformation Implementation Council and serves as Co-Chair of the Aspen Institute Dialogue Series on Global Food Security. He played a leading role in the formation of the National Competitiveness Council of Nigeria and now serves as its vice chairman. He is also a member of the Global Advisory Board of the United Nations Sustainable Energy for All Initiative (SE4ALL). He is the author and leading proponent of the philosophy he calls “Africapitalism,” which is the private sector’s commitment to Africa’s development through long-term investment in strategic sectors of the economy that drive economic prosperity and social wealth.In 2003 the FG of Nigeria conferred the national honour of Member of the Federal Republic on Mr Tony Ado. In 2012 he was awarded the National Honour of Commander of the Order of the Niger for his service in promoting private enterprise. He was recognized as one of “Africa’s 20 Most Powerful People in 2012” by Forbes Magazine and the New African Magazine featured him in their list of the “100 Most Influential Africans in Business.”