Prof. (Mrs) Gloria Elemo was the Director General/Chief Executive Officer of Nigeria’s foremost research institute, The Federal Institute of Industrial Research, Oshodi (FIIRO).

She assumed office as the seventh Chief Executive of FIIRO and the very first female Director General/CEO.
With a BSc degree in Biochemistry from the University of Benin, and MSc and PhD degree in Human Nutrition, from Nigeria’s premier university, the University of Ibadan, she was appointed a Professor of Nutritional Biochemistry by Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo, Nigeria
She has held different leadership positions across different institutions like the Bauchi State Hospital, Lagos State University, Raw Material Research and Development Council, Abuja.

Prof (Mrs.) Gloria Elemo’s consistent display of competence and professionalism in her over twenty seven years of postdoctoral working experience, could not be ignored, hence her appointment as the Director, Food and Analytical Services Department of the Federal Institute of Industrial Research, an organisation that serves as the flagship of Research and Development in Nigeria. It was this position she occupied until her appointment as the Director General and Chief Executive in May 2011