By Aiyeku Timothy
The United States President-elect, Joe Biden, has chosen Nigerian-born Adewale Adeyemo as deputy secretary of the treasury department.
Adeyemo, who is the president of the Obama Foundation in 2019, will soon be announced alongside Janet Yellen, nominee for the position of treasury secretary, according to The Wall Street Journal.
The Nigerian-American has a rich profile and knowledge of governance, having served in the administration of former President Obama as deputy national security adviser (NSA) for international economics.
He played a role in helping the US combat the global economic recession of 2008 as he joins the list of people who had served in the administration of Obama on Biden’s economic team.
Other management positions held by Adeyemo at the US Department of the treasury, including senior adviser and deputy chief of staff — a position he held for about three years while also on the boards of Golden State Opportunity Foundation and Aspen Strategy Group, among others.
The graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, and Yale Law School was an editor for the Hamilton Project at the Brookings Institution from 2008 to 2009 as well as the co-director of project on law and education for the university.
