Professor Afolakemi Olasumbo Oredein is a Professor in the Faculty of Arts & Education, Lead City University, Ibadan, Nigeria and is currently the Dean of the Faculty. Her area of specialization is Educational Management (Leadership) and Statistics.

She is a chartered member of the Institute of Personnel Management of Nigeria (IPMN), and Kappa Delta Pi (KDP Nigeria Chapter). Also, she is a member of the following organisations; Higher Education research & Policy Network (HERPNET), Global Education Network (GEN), World Education Research Association (WERA), Nigerian Association of Educational and Planning and Administration (NAEAP), mention few. Prof. Oredein is the Editor-in-Chief of some journals like; African Higher Education Review (AHER) an online International Journal, and the Journal of Capital Development in Behavioural Sciences (JOCADEBS).

She has published widely, attended, and presented papers at local and international academic conferences. She presented her Inaugural Lecture on ‘Good Leadership for National Development: The Inevitable Fraternal Twins and Irresistible Skills as Matters Arising’ September 2016. She is from Ogun State, Nigeria, married to Rev’d Opeoluwa Oredein and blessed with children.