Background
He was born in Erin – Oke, Osun State, Nigeria in 1932.
He was born in Erin – Oke, Osun State, Nigeria in 1932.
He completed his secondary school education at Government College, Ibadan after which he studied at Fourah Bay College, Freetown, Sierra Leone.
He is a veteran broadcaster and sometime Director–General of the Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation. He was Chief Executive and Chairman of Cadbury Nigeria Plc and formerly the Nigerian High Commissioner to The United Kingdom. He was a colonial era Education Officer in Nigeria.
Currently, he teaches Corporate Governance and Human Resources Management at Lagos Business School (LBS), and Leadership & Conflict Management at School of Media & Communication (SMC).
LBS and SMC are both schools of Pan-Atlantic University, Lagos. Doctor Kolade has served in many national and international bodies, having been President of
The Nigerian Institute of Management (1985-1988),
The Institute of Personnel Management of Nigeria (1988-1993),
The International Institute for Communications (1973 – 75)
The World Association for Christian Communication (1975-1982).
He was later appointed Chairman of the Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme Board by President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria at 3 January 2012. Kolade has promoted business integrity in Nigeria through his chairmanship of organisations such as Integrity Organisation Limited.
General Telephone and Electric and The Convention on Business Integrity Limited.
Formerly a member of the University’s Governing Council, Doctor Kolade as of 2012 was the Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Council of Pan-Atlantic University.