Diezani Alison-Madueke

===Firsts===
Alison-Madueke was the first woman to hold the position of Minister of Petroleum Resources in Nigeria, and in October 2010 she became the first woman to head a country delegation at the semi-annual [[OPEC]] conference. She was also the first female Minister of Transportation, and the first woman to be appointed to the board of Shell Petroleum Development Company Nigeria.<ref>{{cite web|date=17 September 2011|title=NDA awards Alison-Madueke doctorate degree|url=http://sweetcrudereports.com/2011/09/17/nda-awards-alison-madueke-doctorate-degree/|access-date=2012-01-12|work=SweetCrude Reports|archive-date=17 November 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111117075506/http://sweetcrudereports.com/2011/09/17/nda-awards-alison-madueke-doctorate-degree/|url-status=dead}}</ref> On 27 November 2014, she was elected as the first female President of OPEC.<ref>{{Cite news|author=Okafor, Chineme|date=27 November 2014|title=Petroleum Minister, Alison-Madueke Elected First OPEC Female President|newspaper=This Day Live|url=http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/petroleum-minister-alison-madueke-elected-first-opec-female-president/195193/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150115023733/http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/petroleum-minister-alison-madueke-elected-first-opec-female-president/195193/|archive-date=15 January 2015|df=dmy}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=First in history: Alison-Madueke elected new OPEC President|url=https://newsexpressngr.com/news/8363-First-in-history-Alison-Madueke-elected-new-OPEC-President|access-date=2020-05-26|website=News Express Nigeria Website|language=en}}</ref>

On working in male-dominated sectors, Alison-Madueke said she advised the young women she mentored while at Shell to "change their mode of thinking."<ref>{{cite web|date=12 June 2011|title=NPDC's Appointment of a Funding Partner Has Been Greatly Misunderstood – Alison-Madueke|url=http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/npdc-s-appointment-of-a-funding-partner-has-been-greatly-misunderstood-alison-madueke/93077/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120506195037/http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/npdc-s-appointment-of-a-funding-partner-has-been-greatly-misunderstood-alison-madueke/93077/|archive-date=6 May 2012|access-date=2012-01-12|work=[[ThisDay]]|df=dmy}}</ref>