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Category: Private Citizen — Corporate Director Role: Director and Senior Managing Director, BlackRock Inc. (BLK) Board Tenure: 2024 – present Committee Memberships: None assigned (new director 2024) Profile Type: Board Member Accountability — Anchor B (Documented Organizational Leadership)

> Basis for Inclusion: Adebayo Ogunlesi holds a documented governance role at BlackRock Inc. following BlackRock’s 2024 acquisition of Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), the infrastructure investment fund he founded and chairs. Ogunlesi joins the board as part of the GIP acquisition — one of the largest in BlackRock’s history — making him a significant insider who controls a major portion of BlackRock’s infrastructure AUM and represents a large equity stake in the combined business. This profile documents the factual governance relationship, not the subject’s personal political views.

> Subject Classification: Private Citizen / Corporate Director. Board membership is a matter of public record (SEC filings, proxy statements). This profile documents only the governance role and its connection to documented corporate political activity.

Biographical Overview

Adebayo “Bayo” Ogunlesi is the Chairman and CEO of Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), which he co-founded in 2006 and built into one of the world’s leading infrastructure investment funds with over $100 billion in assets under management. GIP invests in airports, ports, energy, water, and transportation infrastructure globally. BlackRock announced the acquisition of GIP in January 2024 for approximately $12.5 billion, creating the world’s largest infrastructure investment platform.

Before GIP, Ogunlesi served as Executive Vice Chairman and Head of Investment Banking at Credit Suisse Group, one of the most senior roles in global investment banking. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and serves on the boards of major infrastructure companies globally.

He holds a B.A. from Oxford University, a J.D. from Harvard Law School, and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Board Role and Governance Authority

  • Company: BlackRock Inc. (NYSE: BLK)
  • Board tenure: 2024 – present
  • Role: Director and Senior Managing Director (following GIP acquisition)
  • Day job: Chairman & CEO, Global Infrastructure Partners (BlackRock Senior MD)

Parent Corporate Donor Profile

This profile is a governance-accountability companion to the BlackRock corporate donor profile.

Sources

  • BlackRock Inc. DEF 14A Proxy Statement, filed April 4, 2025; SEC EDGAR (CIK 2012383)
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