She was born in 1980 in Wimbledon, London to her father Femi Adegoke, and her mother Feyi Adegoke. Her father is a GP and her mother is a professor of physiology.
Olukemi Olufunto “Kemi” Badenoch born on 2 January 1980 is a British politician serving as Secretary of State for Business and Trade since 2023 and President of the Board of Trade and Minister for Women and Equalities since 2022.
She previously served in a series of junior ministerial positions under Boris Johnson from 2019 to 2022. A member of the Conservative Party, she has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Saffron Walden since 2017.
She obtained A Levels from Phoenix College, a former further education college in Morden while working at a branch of McDonald’s among other jobs. Badenoch studied Computer Systems Engineering at the University of Sussex, completing a Master of Engineering (MEng) degree in 2003. She worked in the IT sector as a software engineer at Logica (later CGI Group) from 2003 to 2006.
Badenoch joined the Conservative Party in 2005 at the age of 25.[19][20] At the 2010 general election, she contested the Dulwich and West Norwood constituency against Labour’s Tessa Jowell and came third.
In September 2022. after Liz Truss became Prime Minister, she appointed Badenoch to her cabinet as Secretary of State for International Trade.
Kemi Badenoch Parents: Meet Feyi Adegoke
Olukemi Olufunto Adegoke is the daughter of Femi Adegoke and Feyi Adegoke, who are of Yoruba origin. Her family was middle class while she was growing up in Nigeria; her father was a GP and her mother is a professor of physiology.