Prof. Shadrach Olufemi Akindele

Vice-Chancellor, Redeemer’s University

Professor, Forestry Scholar, University Administrator

Professor Shadrach Olufemi Akindele is a Nigerian academic and university administrator whose career spans more than three decades in higher education, with his academic specialization in forest biometrics and forest resources management. He earned his B.Sc. in Forest Resources Management from the University of Ibadan in 1985, followed by an M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Forest Biometrics from the same university. He began his academic career at the University of Ibadan in 1987 and joined the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA) in 1988, where he spent 35 years progressing through academic and administrative positions before becoming a professor in 2005. Redeemer’s University also identifies his professional work as including consultancy on projects supported by the World Bank, African Development Bank, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, and Nigerian government institutions. Akindele became the fourth substantive Vice-Chancellor of Redeemer’s University in December 2023, following a competitive recruitment process, and was appointed for a single five-year term.