Femi Pedro

Otunba
Femi Pedro
Otunba Femi Pedro
Deputy Governor of Lagos State
	In office; 14 January 2003 – 10 May 2007
Governor	Bola Tinubu
Preceded by	Kofoworola Bucknor
Succeeded by	Abiodun Ogunleye
Personal details
Born	Olufemi Olusegun Pedro; 29 January 1955; Lagos Island, Lagos, British Nigeria (now Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria)
Party	All Progressives Congress (2013–present)
Other political; affiliations	Alliance for Democracy (1998–2006); Action Congress of Nigeria (2006); Labour Party (2006–2009); Peoples Democratic Party (2009–2013);
Spouse	Jumoke Pedro
Alma mater	University of Wisconsin; Wichita State University;
Occupation	Diplomat; Politician; Economist;

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Otunba Olufemi "Femi" Olusegun Pedro (born 29 January 1955) is a Nigerian diplomat, politician and economist who served as deputy governor of Lagos State from 2003 to 2007. Before his election alongside Bola Tinubu, he was a co-owner and the chief executive officer of First Atlantic Bank, now FinBank.

Pedro was the chairman of the Small and Medium Enterprise Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) from 2018 to 2022, and was the founding chairman of the Lagos State Sports Trust Fund. He is also the current chairman of the Business and Government Relations Committee at the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN). A member of the Nigerian chieftaincy system, Pedro holds the title of Otunba and often uses it as a pre-nominal honorific.

In November, 2025, Femi Pedro was nominated by President Bola Tinubu to serve as an ambassador of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. In March, 2026, it was announced that Femi Pedro would serve as Nigeria's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Solomon Islands and the Oceanic States.