Alhaji Shehu Ladan (an haife shi a ranar 21/09/1952 - 04/10/2011) ya kasance lauya dan Najeriya, mai ba da tallafi da kuma dabarun sarrafa mai da iskar gas daga Jihar Kaduna wanda ya ba da gudummawa ga ayyukan zamantakewar tattalin arziki na jihar da Najeriya baki daya a bangarori daban-daban. . Ya kasance tsohon Manajan Daraktan Rukunin Kamfanin NNPC a Kasar Najeriya. Marigayi Ladan ya yi karatunsa na farko a makarantar Firamare ta Tudun Wada kafin ya zarce zuwa Kwalejin Sheikh Sabah (wacce a yanzu ake kira Kwalejin Tunawa da Sardauna) da ke Kaduna inda ya samu takardar shedar kammala karatun ta ta WASC. Ya sami digiri na farko (LLB) da masters (LLM) a fannin shari'a a Jami'ar Ahmadu Bello da ke Zariya . Har ila yau, tsohon dalibi ne na Harvard Business School, Jami'ar Oxford da Jami'ar Dundee . Bayan da aka kira zuwa ga mashaya, Ladan bauta wa } asa hidima (wa kasa hidima) primary aiki a jihar Ma'aikatar Shari'a, Kano. Bayan NYSC, Ladan ya yi aiki a matsayin Lauya na Babban Bankin Tarayyar Mortgage na Najeriya.