Adeyinka A. Ojediran

Elder Adeyinka A. Ojediran was sustained as a General Authority Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on April 4, 2020. At the time of his call, he had been serving as an Area Seventy and a member of the Third Quorum of the Seventy in the Africa West Area since March 2012. He served at Church headquarters as the Assistant Executive Director of the Temple Department and as the Second Counselor of the North America West Area Presidency. He is currently serving in the Africa West Area Presidency.

Elder Ojediran has served in several Church callings, including branch clerk, counselor in a branch presidency, branch Young Men president, branch president, ward Sunday School president, counselor in a bishopric, bishop, counselor in a stake presidency, stake president, and counselor in a mission presidency.

Elder Ojediran received a bachelor’s degree in botany from the University of Ilorin in 1991. He became an associate chartered accountant in 1996 and a fellow of the institute in 2006. He received a master’s degree in business administration in 2000 and became an associate of the Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers of Nigeria in 2002. He is also an associate of the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria. He began his career in an accounting firm after graduating from the university and later worked as a finance and administrative manager for three major advertising companies in Nigeria. He then worked as head of strategic planning for Mutual Benefits Assurance PLC before joining Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company as a treasury accountant. He also worked as a senior project accountant, head of budget and financial planning in Nigeria, and finance manager for gas governance in Midstream Sub-Sahara Africa. Prior to his call as a General Authority, he worked as a business finance manager overseeing the non-operated portfolio of Shell.

Adeyinka Ayodeji Ojediran was born in Ibadan, Nigeria, on April 5, 1967. He married Olufunmilayo Omolola Akinbebije on November 14, 1998, and their marriage was sealed in the Johannesburg South Africa Temple on November 14, 2002. They are the parents of one child.