Mr Olumide is a quintessential diplomat, distinguished career public servant and accomplished technocrat of the organized private sector. He is a former federal Permanent Secretary. He has represented Nigeria in numerous global foray, including the United Nations, as Minister-Counsellor with concurrent Accreditation to Vienna, where he served on the Board of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Mr. Olumide reopened the Nigerian Embassy in Gabon in 1974, after the Nigerian civil war, as the Charge'd'Affairs. He retired as the Director-General of The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry in 2005. He is a recipient of the national honour of Officer of the Order of the Niger(OON) and is also a Member of the Nigerian Economic Summit Group.