[1] In 2021, she was elected as the Rector of the University of Aberdeen, the first black person to hold the position.
[3] Martina Chukwuma-Ezike was born in Nigeria in 1981 and grew up in Cross River State.
[4] She first completed a diploma at the University of Calabar in Social Works, from 1999 to 2001, going on to study for a degree in Sociology in 2002, graduating in 2005 with a B.Sc.
[5] After briefly working for the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, in 2008 she moved to the United Kingdom, where the following year she attained an MBA from the University of Aberdeen.
[9] In 2021, Chukwuma-Ezike was elected rector of the University of Aberdeen and became the first person of colour to hold the post.