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Dr. Salamatu Suleiman
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Olufemi Shobanjo
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Mr. Chris Chukwu
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Mr. Edo- Abasi Bassey Ukpong
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Mrs. Amina Mohammed
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Mr. Ebilate Mac-Yoroki
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Mr. Olufemi A. Akinsanya
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Chairman
Dr. Salamatu Suleiman
Dr. Suleiman currently serves as a Non-Executive Director on the Boards of Stanbic IBTC Holdings Plc, Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc, West African Network for Peace Building and Alkali Hussaini Foundation.
She previously served as Commissioner Political Affairs, Peace and Security ECOWAS Commission. She had also served as Honorable Minister of State II Foreign Affairs and Honorable Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Federal Republic of Nigeria. She had worked with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), where she served as the Secretary to the Commission and Director, Legal Services.
She is a member of the International Bar Association, Nigeria Bar association, LSE Alumni Association (Nigerian Branch) and the Institute of Directors (IoD). Ms. Suleiman holds an LLB (Hons) from the Ahmadu Bello University Zaria (1981) and an LLM (With Distinction in “Multinational Enterprise and the Law”) from the London School of Economics and Political Science (1987).
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Chief Executive Officer, NGX Regulation
Olufemi Shobanjo
Mr. Olufemi Shobanjo is the Chief Executive Officer at NGX Regulation Limited (“NGX RegCo”), a subsidiary of the Nigerian Exchange Group Plc. Prior to NGX Regulation, he was the Head of the Broker Dealer Regulation Department at The Nigerian Stock Exchange (“The Exchange”) responsible for the regulation and supervision of over 250 stock broking firms in the Nigerian capital market.
He has over eighteen (18) years professional experience spanning across corporate and commercial law, compliance and regulation, banking and financial markets. Prior to The Exchange, he worked for a couple of leading financial institutions in the UK including Anglo Irish Bank Corporation and HSBC Global Banking and Markets providing compliance advisory and monitoring to the Treasury dealing and sales and trading businesses.
He holds a Law degree (LLB) from the University of Birmingham, UK and a Master’s degree in International Commercial Law (LLM) from Cardiff Law School (University of Wales). He has also attended several professional courses and is an alumni of the Lagos Business School having completed the Senior Management Program.
He is a Member of the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investments UK, an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers, an Associate of the Institute of Capital Market Registrars, an Associate of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators of Nigeria and a Member of the Nigerian Bar Association.
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Independent Non-Executive Director
Mr. Chris Chukwu
Mr. Chris Chukwu is a banking and financial system consultant, and banking operation, supervisory and regulatory knowledge transfer specialist. He is a supervisory and regulatory expert, with broad and specialized banking knowledge, policy development, regulatory architecture, analysis of banking operation, information technology, risk management systems, risk-focused and consolidated supervision approaches, payment, clearing and settlement systems.
He serves on the boards of Banksys Solutions Consulting Limited, Maiburgami Company Nigeria Limited, and Chosidera Inc.(a U. S. A. Holding Company). He was a Member of Faculty, Toronto Centre, a global leader in knowledge transfer of financial supervision and regulation. He was a senior policy, supervisory and regulatory architect, under the Financial System Stability Directorate of the Central Bank of Nigeria, with emphasis on the safety, soundness and stability of the Nigerian financial system.
He authored the maiden Financial Stability Report of the Central Bank of Nigeria. He has an M.B.A. (Finance) and B.S (Accounting) from Alabama A& M University/Huntsville, Alabama. He is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and Commissioned United States’ Federal Reserve System Bank Examiner.
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Independent Non-Executive Director
Mr. Edo- Abasi Bassey Ukpong
Mr. Ukpong is the founding Partner of CLP Legal (formerly Ukpong & Omotosho). He is a seasoned commercial law practitioner, well reputed in the areas of corporate finance, international business, energy and natural resources.
He is the pioneer chairman of the Competition Law Committee of the Section on Business Law, Nigeria Bar Association; and served as a member of the Technical Committee established by the Securities and Exchange Commission for the Review of Capital Market Structure and Process in 2008.
In addition to the membership of the Board of the Federal Capital Development Authority, and the National Executive Council of the Nigerian Conservation Foundation, he holds directorship in reputable companies, including RAK Unity Petroleum Plc, where he serves as Chairman, and the multi-national company, Heerema Marine Contractors Nigeria Ltd.
Mr. Ukpong holds an LL.B (Hons) from the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife (1984) and a B.L from the Nigerian Law School (1985).
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Independent Non-Executive Director
Mrs. Amina Mohammed
Mrs. Amina Mohammed is an experienced and accomplished expert in Risk Management, Finance, Capital Management, Business Development, and Compliance, with a strong knowledge of African Markets.
She is currently an Independent Consultant for KPMG’s Financial Risk Management Practice and she is scheduled to consult for the Operationalization of another sovereign MSME Credit Guarantee Fund in Africa. She championed the operational setup of Development Bank of Nigeria’s Credit Guarantee Fund, where she also led the Risk Management Department.
Prior to this, she was a Senior Manager at Ernst & Young’s, West African practice. She advised a wide array of clients across industries, including Banking, Insurance, Natural Resources and consumer goods. Over the years, she has garnered Business Development, Strategic Planning and Execution, Innovation and New Product Development experience during her work setting up and leading the Quantitative Advisory Service in EY West Africa. She had also previously served as a Senior Consultant at KPMG Professional Services, Nigeria.
Mrs. Mohammed has a strong finance, programming and quantitative background with a Bachelor’s Degree in Mathematics and Computer Science from the University of Ghana, Legon and an MSc. in Financial Mathematics from the University of Edinburgh. She is an associate member of the Global Association of Risk Professionals”
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Non-Executive Director
Mr. Ebilate Mac-Yoroki
Mr. Mac-Yoroki is the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of CityCode Trust & Investment Limited, Chairman of CityCode Mortgage Bank Limited (Licensed by the Central Bank of Nigeria and Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria), Chairman Karinax Nigeria Limited (a Shipping Company), and Chairman of Pavilion Developers Limited (a prominent Estate Construction/Developing Company in Nigeria).
He is an accomplished stockbroker and a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Stockbrokers (FCIS) since 1991. He is also an Associate Member of the Nigerian Institute of Management (ANIM). He is an alumni of the Harvard Business School, Boston, USA. where he completed a program on Driving Corporate Performance. He is also an alumni of Fannie Mac, Washington, USA.
Mr. Mac-Yoroki holds a degree in Accountancy from the University of Science and Technology, Port Harcourt (1984); and MBA in strategic Management (2000) from Ogun State University.
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Non-Executive Director
Mr. Olufemi A. Akinsanya
Mr. Olufemi Akinsanya is an experienced financial advisor, and former Investment Banker with a demonstrated history of highly innovative work in the financial services industry, especially, complicated corporate finance advice and transactions.
Prior to establishing his boutique Investment Banking firm, Hamilton Hammer & Co. Ltd (“Hamilton Hammer”), he held significant positions in renowned financial institutions. He joined the accounting firm of Arthur Andersen & Co. as a trainee accountant and qualified as a Chartered Accountant. He began a career in merchant and investment banking with First City Merchant Bank (now First City Monument Bank Plc), in 1985, culminating as General Manager and Head of Corporate Finance.
He served on the Board of City Securities Limited. He represented CSL Stockbrokers Limited on the National Council of the Nigerian Stock Exchange between 1985 and 1988. He is one of the founders of the Nigerian Economic Summit Group and was actively involved in designing the processes that modernized the securities market and established the investment banking profession in Nigeria. He led the four-man team that developed the mechanism for the formal trading of Rights in Nigeria.
He was a founding member of the Steering Committee for the establishment of an OTC in Nigeria and was for many years, on the Board of NASD Ltd, now operated by the National Association of Securities Dealers. He was also on the SEC-constituted Committee on the Reactivation of the Bond Market in Nigeria and later, another SEC-constituted Technical Committee on The Demutualisation of The Nigerian Stock Exchange (2011) represented CSL Stockbrokers Limited on the National Council of the Nigerian Stock Exchange between 1985 and 1988. He is one of the founders of the Nigerian Economic Summit Group and was actively involved in designing the processes that modernized the securities market and established the investment banking profession in Nigeria
He holds a B. A in Economics, Master of Business Administration degree holder from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, where he graduated at the top of his class in 1979. He joined the accounting firm of Arthur Andersen & Co. as a trainee accountant and qualified as a Chartered Accountant. He is an Associate and Merit Award Winner (1983) of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria. He is also an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers of Nigeria and a licensed dealer on the Nigerian Stock Exchange.
He is the Chairman of First Ally Capital Limited and ARM Securities Limited; a Director of Starsight Power Utility Limited; Cowrie Integrated Systems Ltd; and the Chairman of the Statutory Audit Committee of Niger Delta Exploration & Production Plc.
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Olufemi Shobanjo
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Godstime Iwenekhai
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Chinedu Akamaka
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Chief Executive Officer, NGX Regulation
Olufemi Shobanjo
Mr. Olufemi Shobanjo is the Chief Executive Officer at NGX Regulation Limited (“NGX RegCo”), a subsidiary of the Nigerian Exchange Group Plc. Prior to NGX Regulation, he was the Head of the Broker Dealer Regulation Department at The Nigerian Stock Exchange (“The Exchange”) responsible for the regulation and supervision of over 250 stock broking firms in the Nigerian capital market.
He has over eighteen (18) years professional experience spanning across corporate and commercial law, compliance and regulation, banking and financial markets. Prior to The Exchange, he worked for a couple of leading financial institutions in the UK including Anglo Irish Bank Corporation and HSBC Global Banking and Markets providing compliance advisory and monitoring to the Treasury dealing and sales and trading businesses.
He holds a Law degree (LLB) from the University of Birmingham, UK and a Master’s degree in International Commercial Law (LLM) from Cardiff Law School (University of Wales). He has also attended several professional courses and is an alumni of the Lagos Business School having completed the Senior Management Program.
He is a Member of the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investments UK, an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers, an Associate of the Institute of Capital Market Registrars, an Associate of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators of Nigeria and a Member of the Nigerian Bar Association.
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HEAD, ISSUERS REGULATION DEPARTMENT
Godstime Iwenekhai
Mr. Godstime Iwenekhai is an experienced accounting professional with almost twenty (20) years of working experience cutting across Audit, Investigations, Compliance, Risk Management, Project Management, Financial Reporting and Regulatory Oversight of public interest entities. Godstime is currently the Head, Issuers Regulation Department of NGX Regulation Limited (“NGXReg”). Prior to the demutualization of The Nigerian Stock Exchange (“The Exchange”), he was the Head, Listings Regulation Department at The Exchange.
He joined The Exchange in 2011 as the Head, Monitoring and Enforcement Unit of the Broker Dealer Regulation Department from KPMG Professional Services (“KPMG”) where he was a Senior Associate in the Audit & Assurance Division. Prior to his job at KPMG, he worked as an Audit Associate at Deloitte Nigeria.
Godstime is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) and Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA). He is a member of the Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA), Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers (CIS), Certified Forensic Accountant of Nigeria (CFAN), the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (ICSAN), the Institute of Capital Market Registrars (ICMR) and the Society for Corporate Governance Nigeria (SCGN). He holds an MBA from the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ife-Ife; and a BSc in Quantity Surveying from the same Institution.
He was a member of the National Technical Committee that developed the Nigerian Code of Corporate Governance 2018. He is currently a member of the Technical Working Group of the Finance and Capital Market Thematic Area for the development of Medium-Term National Development Plan (MTNDP) 2021 – 2025, MTNDP 2026-2030 and the Nigeria Agenda 2050 under the Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget, and National Planning.
Godstime has attended several professional development programs on diverse areas of Auditing, Compliance, Sustainability Accounting, Good Corporate Governance and Regulatory Accounting in world leading institutions. He is an Ordained Pastor with the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) and is happily married with children.
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Ag. Head, Market Regulation, NGX Regulation Limited
Chinedu Akamaka
Chinedu Akamaka (FCA) is the Ag. Head, Market Regulation at NGX Regulation Limited (“NGX RegCo”), a subsidiary of the Nigerian Exchange Group Plc. Prior to this role, He was the Head, Inspections & Examinations Unit of the Broker Dealer Regulation Department, responsible for the Inspections/Examinations of Trading License Holders (Stock Broking Firms) in the Nigerian Capital Market.
Chinedu is a seasoned Finance/Audit professional with over 16 years of extensive experience in the financial services sector. He started his career at Oceanic Bank International Plc in the Operations Department before transitioning to Ecobank as an Internal Auditor. He then took on the role of Internal Audit Team Lead at Veritas Kapital Assurance Plc, where He led several innovative initiatives within the internal audit function.
Before joining NGX Regulation Ltd as Head, Inspections & Examinations Unit of the Broker Dealer Regulation Department, He served as the Head of Internal Audit/Controls at Crunchies Group, where he demonstrated exceptional leadership and strategic vision in ensuring compliance and risk management.
He holds a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Degree in Accountancy with a Second-Class Upper Division from the Rivers State University of Science and Technology, Port Harcourt, and furthered his education by obtaining a Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Accountancy from the same institution. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) and currently leverages his extensive experience and expertise to drive regulatory compliance and ensure market integrity in the Nigerian Capital Market.