Mr. Ade Lawal is a successful entrepreneur and trainer in the area of agricultural enterprise development and management. He has over 25 years of experience in private sector management. He is a graduate of Mathematics from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. He owns and runs an agricultural training institute with landmark achievements in youth empowerment through Agriculture. He was the MD/CEO of Syntegra Energy Limited between February 2012 and November 2014. He was the MD/CEO of First Amalgamated Building Society Limited (Mortgage Bankers), from June 2009 to January 2012. He was the MD/CEO of Simple Trust International Limited a Marketing Company between July 2008 and June 2009. He has about 10 years of working experience in the banking industry as he voluntarily retired as a Regional Business Executive of the then Intercontinental Bank PLC in June 2008. At present, he is the MD/CEO of Transtel Services and Supplies Limited. He is the president of the Centre for Sustainable Agricultural Empowerment.

He is a trained Agribusiness Manager Program of Lagos Business School, Lagos (2016). He is a 2014 graduate of the Institute of Leadership and Global Education, the United Kingdom in International Leadership Master. He is a successful grandaunt of the Owners Manager Program at the Lagos Business School, Lagos (2010). In 2008 he participated in the Executive Development Program at the Wharton Business School, Philadelphia, USA. He is a trainee of the Transformational Leadership programme at Ceed International, Johannesburg, South Africa in 2009 among others. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Strategic Management of Nigeria and a member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing of Nigeria.

He is the President of The Board of Trustees of the Centre for Sustainable Agricultural Empowerment (CSAE). His experience and expertise in dealing with smallholder farmers were demonstrated in this project.