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REAR ADMIRAL ADENIYI ADEJIMI OSINOWO GSS MSM psc(+) fdc(+) MNSE Ph.D (RTD)
Rear Admiral Adeniyi Adejimi Osinowo born (8 November 1964) in Ibadan.

Military Training
He completed the following military trainings.

Cadet training at Nigeria Naval College 1981-83.

Sub-Lt Technical Course at INS VENDURUTHY India. 1985/86

Command and Staff training at Command and Staff College  1992 and 1998/99.

Port Policy and Management Course at Malta Maritime Authority 2000.

International Joint Operations Planning Course HMS DRYAD UK.

Higher Defence Management and Strategy Course at National Defence College Nigeria. 2008/09.

Academic Training
Post Graduate Diploma in International Relations and Strategic Studies at Lagos State University 1999/2000

Education
He earned a First-Class Degree in Electronic/Electrical Engineering (Obafemi Awolowo University), Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering (University of Lagos), Masters Degree in International Affairs and Diplomacy (Ahmadu Bello University), and Post Graduate Diploma in Education (National Open University). He holds membership of the Nigerian Society of Engineers and Nigerian Institute of Management. He is currently engaged in the post graduate diploma programme in strategy and innovation at the Said Business School, University of Oxford.

Military Career
Adeniyi Adejimi ‘Jimi’ Osinowo started his military career at the Nigerian Naval College and served for 38 years before retiring on 1st March 2019. He served with the United Nations Peace Forces in the Former Yugoslavia (1994-95). He served as Officer-in-charge Nigerian  Communications School (1996/98). He successfully commanded NNS SIRI (2005/06) where he earned  the Command at Sea AwardApart from command of ships and establishments, he served with several navies in the Gulf of Guinea, the Caribbean and the Mediterranean under various operations and exercises, including Director Marine Services (2008) and a tour onboard US Navy Ship GUNSTON HALL (2010) as Deputy Commander of the Multi-national Africa Partnership Station Mission. He was one of the experts selected to develop the African Union Commission 2050 Integrated Maritime Strategy, AIMS (2010-2013), as well as the ECOWAS Integrated Maritime Strategy EIMS (2011-2014). He pioneered the development of the Nigerian Navy Transformation Plan 2011-20. Other key appointments included Director of Naval Signals, Naval Headquarters, (2006-07), pioneer Director Project Implementation Monitoring and Evaluation, Naval Headquarters (2013-2014), Flag Officer Commanding Naval Training Command 2015-16, Chief of Training and Operations Naval Headquarters, 2016-17, Member Governing Board of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), and Commandant of the National Defence College Nigeria 2017-19. Currently, he is the Chair, Board of Directors of Dominion Trust Ltd, a capital market operator, and CEO of Pajamack Nig Ltd.

Awards and Decorations
He is decorated with several awards including Command at Sea Award, General Service Star Medal, Distinguished Fellow of the National Defence College, United Nations Medal, US Navy Humanitarian Service Medal as well as a Meritorious Service Medal conferred on him by the US President.

Personal Life
He is married to Anthonia Chinenye Osinowo and they are blessed with 3 children.

Major Lectures and Published Works
Royal Australian Navy in the 21st Century – Strategic Thoughts, 2004. http://www.navy.gov.au/w/images/PIAMA14.pdf..

Africa Partnership Station Helps All Sides, 2011. http://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2011-07/africa-partnership-station-helps-all-sides.

Right-Sizing African Navies for Maritime Security. (Lecture delivered at the Africa Centre for Strategic Studies Conference on Maritime Security), Dar es Salaam Tanzania April 2010.

Maritime Security: Empowering the African Union to Revolutionalise the Africa’s Maritime Sector. (Lecture delivered to National Defence College Course 24) Abuja June 2013.

Operationalisation of ECOWAS Maritime Security Pilot Zone E: Potential Contribution to the Prevention of Crude Oil Theft. (Lecture delivered at the Nigerian Navy Week Celebrations) Calabar May 2014.

Combating Piracy in the Gulf of Guinea. http://africacenter.org/publication/combating-piracy-in-the-gulf-of-guinea/.. ACSS Africa Security Briefs, March 2015.

Ph.D Thesis: Impact of International Political Economy on Maritime Security in the Gulf of Guinea'

Maritime Security and the Africa’s Integrated Maritime Strategy 2050: Their Economic Impact on Africa. (Lecture delivered at the AU Heads of Government Summit on Maritime Security Safety and Development in Africa) Lome Togo October 2016.

Maritime Domain Awareness: Imperatives for Gulf of Guinea Navies (Lead Paper delivered to Nigerian Navy 60th Anniversary Conference) Lagos May 2016.

Combating the Menace of Piracy and Other Maritime Crimes in Africa (Lead Paper delivered at the Africa’s Association of Maritime Administrations Conference) Abuja May 2017

Ensuring Safe and Secure Waterways Transportation. (Lead Presentation at the World Maritime Day Celebrations) Lagos October 2017.

Strategic Lenses Series 1: Security and National Development. (Editor-in-Chief), National Defence College publication. 2018

Strategic Lenses Series 2: Defence and National Security. (Editor-in-Chief), National Defence College publication. 2018.

Iconic Soldier and Peacemaker: A Biography of Martin Luther Agwai, (Editor-in-Chief), May University Press. 2019.