US President-elect Joe Biden is set to announce Nigerian-born Adewale Adeyemo as deputy secretary of the treasury department.
This will be the highest level a Nigerian-American has reached in the US Government in the 244 years history of the United States of America.
Adeyemo, appointed as the president of the Obama Foundation in 2019, will work with Janet Yellen, nominee for the position of Treasury Secretary, according to The Wall Street Journal.
The Nigerian-American had served in the administration of former president Obama as Deputy National Security Adviser (NSA) for International Economics.
Adeyemo is reputed to have helped the US combat the global economic recession of 2008. He has held several management positions at the US Department of the Treasury, including Senior Adviser and deputy Chief of Staff a position he held for about three years.
He is currently on the Boards of Golden State Opportunity Foundation and Aspen Strategy Group, among others.
Bidens economic team is made of mostly people who had served in the administration of Barack Obama. They reportedly played key roles in tackling the financial crisis that hit the US under the Obama presidency.
