Chancellor

Yekemi Otaru DUniv

Yekemi Otaru is an inspirational entrepreneur renowned for her passionate commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion is the current Chancellor of University of the West of Scotland.

Yekemi is a tireless, passionate supporter of women in business and an active mentor of business owners in the world’s poorest countries.

Yekemi holds four degrees and has considerable industrial experience in engineering and marketing. She is Co-Founder and Executive Director at Doqaru Limited, a prominent Aberdeen-based sales and marketing consultancy.

Yekemi is also a board member of Interface, which connects a wide range of organisations from national and international industries to Scotland’s universities, research institutes and colleges, matching them with world-leading academic expertise to help them grow. A bestselling author and social media expert, Yekemi is also known for her innovative use of platforms such as LinkedIn. Yekemi has been recognised as Social Entrepreneur of the Year at the 4th Scottish Women Awards and Small Business Entrepreneur of the Year at the Great British Entrepreneur Awards 2022.

As Chancellor of UWS, Yekemi will hold formal powers to confer degrees, diplomas and other academic distinctions, and will represent UWS at key events as an advocate and dignitary.