Nimi (Opunimi) Akinkugbe

Summary

Banker, personal-finance author and diplomat. Career banker at Citibank and Stanbic IBTC; later Chief Executive of Bestman Games (publishers of "The City of Gold," the African Monopoly variant). Appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari as Nigeria's first-ever Ambassador to the Hellenic Republic (Greece) — Letters of Credence presented to President Katerina Sakellaropoulou in Athens on 16 March 2021, opening the Embassy of Nigeria in Athens. Concurrently accredited to Cyprus, Romania, Bulgaria, Moldova, Albania and North Macedonia. Author of the long-running "Money Matters with Nimi" personal-finance column.

Documented contributions

• 01Inaugural Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to Greece — credentials presented 16 March 2021
• 02Opened the Embassy of Nigeria in Athens — the first resident Nigerian diplomatic mission to the Hellenic Republic
• 03Concurrent accreditation to Cyprus, Romania, Bulgaria, Moldova, Albania and North Macedonia
• 04CEO, Bestman Games — publisher of "The City of Gold" (African Monopoly edition)
• 05Personal-finance author and columnist ("Money Matters with Nimi")