Having successfully built an enviable career, reaching the peak of his career and careening that into politics with a stellar performance as Commissioner for Commerce in Ogun State, Bimbo Ashiru has now bagged a fresh appointment as the Board Chairman of Odua Group, a conglomerate owned by governments of South-West states.
Unable to achieve his political aspiration to govern Ogun State and ultimately shelving his ambition to support the incumbent, Dapo Abiodun, Bimbo was rewarded with a board membership of Odu’a Investments where he served his state.
With the approach of the new political dispensation, there were feelers that he would consider going to the Senate since the incumbent was interested in going for a second term.
He neither confirmed nor denied this permutation but instead kept his game plan close to his chest until the most recent appointment was made public.
Born in Ijebu-Ode to the illustrious Ashiru family, Bimbo had a successful banking career that spanned over two decades, which took him to various institutions where he served in various capacities of Management (Head, Private Banking Unit; Branch Manager; Head, Institution and Professional Banking; Regional Coordinator; Country Director, Personal and Business Banking; Director, Corporate Affairs and Corporate Social Investments; until his last position of Group Head, Public Sector with Stanbic IBTC Bank.
A socially-inclined man, he has been described in several quarters as a friend to many and an enemy to none.