Philemon Iko-Ojo Omede is a lawyer who specialises in corporate and financial law. He is knowledgeable in the areas of credit markets, capital markets, competition law, and banking regulation especially in sub-Saharan Africa and emerging economies. He was called to the Nigerian Bar in 2013. He subsequently completed his LLM at the University of Glasgow and PhD in law at the University of Kent. Philemon also has a BSc degree in economics from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria with First Class Honours.