The Tony Elumelu Foundation appoints new inaugural CEO

The Tony Elumelu Foundation has selected Dr. Wiebe Boer as its inaugural CEO.

Recruited from the Rockefeller Foundation, one of the world's leading charitable foundations with over 90 years of commitment to Africa, and with previous experience at McKinsey, Dr. Boer, born and brought up in Nigeria, brings both global and African experience to this inaugural role.

Boer will begin his role as the first CEO of the Foundation on Monday, October 25, 2010.