Bella Disu
Belinda "Bella" Olubunmi Disu is a Nigerian business executive.
Early life and education
Bella Disu was born to Emelia Adefolake Marquis and Mike Adenuga Jr., a business magnate who founded Globacom. Through her father, she is a granddaughter of the Nigerian aristocrat Princess Juliana Oyindamola Adenuga of Ijebu.She attended Corona School in Victoria Island and later enrolled at Queen's College. In 1998, she transferred to Vivian Fowler Memorial College for Girls. Disu holds a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations from the University of Massachusetts, Boston, and a Master of Science in Leadership from Northeastern University, Boston.
Career
In 2004, Disu joined Globacom and is executive vice chairman of the company. She played a key role in projects like the Glo-1 submarine fibre-optic cable and various business expansions across strategic units such as Glo Mobile and Glo Broad Access. She is the chairman of Abumet Nigeria, a glass and aluminum manufacturing company, and a non-executive director of Julius Berger Nigeria Plc, a construction company.Since 2011, Bella Disu has been CEO of Cobblestone Properties and Estates, building notable projects in Lagos, including luxury homes, shopping malls, and cultural landmarks like the Alliance Française Mike Adenuga Centre in Lagos commissioned by President of France Emmanuel Macron. She was awarded the Chevalier dans ‘l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2019 by the French State Secretary for Education and Youth, Ministry, Gabriel Attal, for her remarkable support for the sustenance and growth of the French culture.
In 2024,Disu founded the SheGlows Programme to nurture female leaders within Globacom and established the Bella Disu Foundation, which supports education, health, and disaster relief efforts in underserved communities. She is recognized as a transformative leader and has appeared in 2022 and 2023 n the prestigious Choiseul 100 Africa ranking as a shaper of the continent’s economic development.