Folasade Adefisayo was the Hon. Commissioner for Education in Lagos State, Nigeria during the first tenure of the Babajide Sanwo-Olu led administration. Before her appointment by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, she had been an active player in the education sector in Nigeria. As the Honourable Commissioner for Education, Mrs. Adefisayo is supporting the Governor of the State, His Excellency Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu in revolutionizing education in many uncommon ways. Before her appointment to the Cabinet of Lagos State, she was the Principal Consultant/CEO of Leading Learning Ltd, an educational consultancy firm incorporated in 2014. She was consulted for public and private schools, state governments, NGO’s and development partners. Her areas of professional focus include teachers training, leadership training, school set-up and schools’ transformation. Folasade has nearly 40 years working experience spanning banking operations, organizational restructuring, human resources management, international trade and education. She retired from Corona Schools’ Trust Council in 2010 after serving as was the Executive Director and CEO for 8 years. She voluntarily served as the Director of Corona Secondary School, Agbara from 2010 to 2014. Folasade Adefisayo is an education activist with a passion for student learning, school transformation and teacher training. She is deeply concerned about the learning crisis in Nigeria schools and has volunteered to work with the Federal Government, Lagos State Government, Oyo State Government and Osun State Government. She is also dedicated in improving other peoples’ lives and has served as a volunteer with a number of NGO’s – Federal Nigeria Society for the Blind, Volunteer Corps, Junior Achievement, Fate Foundation, Yedi, Teach for Nigeria, Oando Foundation, SWORTE Talks among others. She was a Merit Award winner of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and a University Scholar of the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. In 2011, she decided to get certified as a professional educator and embarked on an online post-graduate course of the University of Nottingham. Folasade Adefisayo graduated with distinctions at both the diploma and master’s levels.