11 Things You Didn’t Know About Sandie Okoro, Senior Vice-President At World Bank Group
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- January 17, 2018
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Many Nigerian women have been making their mark in several global organizations, and Sandra ‘Sandie Okoro’ is not to be left out.
Appointed as the Senior Vice-President and General Counsel for the World Bank Group in February 2017, Sandie Okoro has made her mark as a Nigerian with goals and on a mission in the world.
Sandie Okoro serves as the head of the legal council and and adviser to the World Bank Group.
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These are eleven interesting facts about the British-Nigerian trailblazer:
1. Okoro was born in Fulham, London, in 1964.
2. Her father is a teacher from Nigeria and her mother is a nurse from Trinidad.
3. Okoro studied law and politics at the University of Birmingham, after she studied at the Inns of Court School of Law, now part of City University of London, qualifying as a barrister in 1988.
4. Okoro has worked in global corporations like Baring, serving as the General Council, and also as the head of Global General Counsel at HSBC Global Asset Management.
5. Okoro was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Law by City University London in 2014 in recognition of her career in business and law, and her voluntary work.
6. Okoro is named in the Powerlist 2015 as the fourth most influential black person in Britain.
7. Okoro was named in the Autumn 2015 edition of Brummell Magazine, as one of the top Inspirational Women in the City who are Champions of Diversity.
8. In July 2016, Okoro was named as one of the 100 Women to Watch by the Female FTSE Board 2016.
9.Okoro was made an Honorary Bencher of Middle Temple in the United Kingdom in 2017.
10. Okoro is passionate about gender equality, diversity & inclusion.
11. Okoro has two children, a son and a daughter.
