Oluwayemisi Busari is Senior Adviser, Government Relations at Honeywell Group. She is responsible for leading and managing interactions with government and key regulatory bodies; supporting to ensure the key stakeholder group is effectively managed. Oluwayemisi is an accomplished legal practitioner with almost 3 decades of experience in the areas of company secretarial, corporate governance, litigation, and commercial law practices. Before now, she was Head, Group Legal and Regulatory Affairs, where she was responsible for legal activities of the Group and its member companies, while also serving as the Group’s primary interface with various regulatory institutions.
Through her multifaceted role at Honeywell Group, Oluwayemisi has developed a reputation as a strong commercial lawyer with deep insight and knowledge across several business sectors, including Foods and Agro allied industry, the Energy industry, Solid Minerals industry and the Real Estate industry. She has worked on a number of strategic transactions and has been involved in pivotal capital raising initiatives, including leading all legal and regulatory compliance activities towards the successful listing of Honeywell Flour Mills Plc on the Nigerian Stock Exchange in October 2009. At various times, she has also been responsible for the Corporate Communications, Corporate Affairs and HR & Admin. functions at the Group.
She has extensive experience providing legal advice and leading commercial negotiations for local and international transactions across various sectors- evidenced through over 5 major Mergers & Acquisitions transactions worth over N10bn across various legal jurisdictions ( Africa, Asia and Europe).
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As the Head of Group, Legal and Regulatory Affairs, she built the Legal Department into a Group Legal and Regulatory Affairs Department- developing and implementing structures and processes for the management of legal issues, providing legal advice on investment decisions, and managing the legal aspect of several strategic transactions.
She started her career at Irving and Bonnar/ Bentley Edu Law Firm in Lagos. She rose to the position of a senior associate before she left to join the Honeywell Group. Oluwayemisi obtained a bachelor’s degree in Law from the University of Lagos. Prior to that, she had studied English at the University of Ilorin. Following her call to bar, she earned a Master of Laws degree from the University of Lagos. She thereafter obtained a Master’s degree in Business Administration (MBA) from the Lagos Business School in association with the IESE Business School.
She is a member of the Nigerian Bar Association and Federation of International Women Lawyers. She has attended various international and local training courses and conferences. She is also a member of the Institute of Directors (IOD) and Institute of Corporate Governance.
Oluwayemisi loves to counsel and mentor young people. She is passionate about God and is married with three children.
