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Christopher Kolade,CON (28 December 1932 – 8 October 2025) was a Nigerian diplomat and academic.
Kolade was born in Erin – Oke,Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria on 28 December 1932.[1][2] He was the son of an Anglican missionary. He completed his secondary-school education atGovernment College, Ibadan after which he studied at Fourah Bay College, Freetown, Sierra Leone.[3][4]
Kolade worked as a broadcaster and was Director General of the Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation. He was Chief Executive and Chairman of Cadbury Nigeria Plc and formerly the Nigerian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom.[5] He was a colonial era Education Officer in Nigeria. He taught Corporate Governance and Human Resources Management atLagos Business School (LBS), and Leadership & Conflict Management at School of Media & Communication (SMC). LBS and SMC are both schools ofPan-Atlantic University,Lagos. Formerly a member of the university's Governing Council, Kolade as of 2012[update] was the Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Council of Pan-Atlantic University. He was the Chancellor ofMcPherson University,Ogun, Nigeria.[6]
Kolade promoted business integrity in Nigeria through his chairmanship of organisations such as Integrity Organisation Ltd GTE and The Convention on Business Integrity Ltd GTE.[7]
He died on 8 October 2025, at the age of 92.[8]
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