Biden appoints 39-year-old Nigerian as part of US Treasury team

Nigerian-American Adewale Adeyemo is again showing up i the in-coming administration of US President-elect Joe Biden in 2021.

Biden, according to the Wall Street Journal has penciled dow the 39-year-old down as deputy secretary of the treasury department which is going to be headed by Janet Yellen.

Adeyemo was appointed as the president of the Obama Foundation in 2019, and was on board with former President Barack Obama as deputy national security adviser (NSA) for international economics.

The Nigerian born American held several management positions in the US department of treasury, including senior adviser and deputy chief of staff then.

The graduate of the University of California and the Yale Law School is on board of Golden State Opportunity Foundation and Aspen Strategy Group, among others.