Toyosi Ogunseye

As President & CEO of the Presidential Precinct, Toyosi Ogunseye ensures strategic direction in the organization’s commitment to delivering world-class leadership programming that engages and inspires emerging leaders.

In addition to President & CEO, Toyosi is a program alumna of the Presidential Precinct, having participated in the 2014 Mandela Washington Fellowship. As such, she brings unprecedented perspective to organizational priorities and program development.

Toyosi has two decades of leadership experience in journalism, most recently serving as a Senior News Editor for News and Commissioning at the BBC. She began her tenure with the BBC as Head of West Africa Language Services. Prior to joining the BBC, Toyosi was the first female editor in the 50-year history of Punch Newspaper, Nigeria’s most widely read newspaper. In addition, she recently concluded her term as Vice President of the World Editors Forum and Board member of the World Association of News Publishers.

While gaining experience across multiple disciplines and several continents, Toyosi’s steadfast commitment has remained in empowering young people who are committed to improving their community and country.

Toyosi has received over 35 international awards that include the Presidential Precinct’s Inaugural Young Leader Award (received alongside Secretary Madeline Albright), the ICFJ Knight International Journalism Award, and CNN’s African Journalist of the Year.

She holds a BSc in Biochemistry from the University of Lagos, a PGD in Print Journalism from the Nigerian Institute of Journalism, and an MSc in Media and Communication from the Pan-Atlantic University, Nigeria.