CIBN: The 5th Annual Banking & Finance Conference

For Whom:

Top-ranking regulators and operators in the banking and finance industry

Policy makers from both the private and public sectors

Fellows, Honorary Senior Members and Associates of the Institute

Members of all Professional bodies in the Banking and Finance Industry

Faculty staff of Tertiary Institutions

Other Stakeholders in Banks and Financial Institutions

Participation Fee:

N65,000.00 per participant covers conference materials, tea/snacks, group lunch for September 23 & 24, 2010 and Special Dinner on September 23, 2010.

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DAY 1 (SEPTEMBER 23, 2010 )
OPENING CEREMONY
09:00 am - 10:00 am	Arrival/Registration of Participants/Guests
10:00 am - 10:05 am	Introduction of Guests
10:05 am - 10:15 am 10:15 am - 10:30 am 10:30 am - 11:00 am 11:00 am - 11:05 am	Welcome Address Mr. �Laoye Jaiyeola FCIBPresident/Chairman of Council, Special Goodwill Message Mr. Sanusi Lamido Sanusi Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria Remarks by Special Guest of Honour His Excellency, Arc. Namadi Sambo, GCON Vice President, Federal Republic of Nigeria Vote of Thanks �Uju. M. Ogubunka, Ph.D, FCIB Registrar/Chief Executive, CIBN
11:05 am - 11:10 am	GROUP PHOTOGRAPH
11:10 am - 11:30 am	TEA/COFFEE BREAK
BUSINESS SESSION
SESSION 1 11:30 am - 12:45 pm	PROLOGUE Effective corporate governance of financial institutions all over the world matters for growth. Thus, poor corporate governance contributes to bank failures which would in turn, affect investors� confidence, access to finance and resource allocation. This would invariably increase the cost of capital thereby reducing the ability of the nation to create wealth. Given the role of banks in facilitating growth, it is imperative that effective corporate governance frameworks are put in place to earn public trust and confidence in the financial services sector. This Forum will address how to improve the corporate governance structures of financial institutions and engage the regulators on a variety of regulatory concerns that affect the industry. �IMPROVING GOVERNANCE STRUCTURES: ENHANCING STAKEHOLDERS� CONFIDENCE� Presenter: Mr. Christopher Knight, HCIB MD/CEO, Standard Chartered Bank Limited Panelists: Alhaji Umaru Ibrahim, mni Ag. Managing Director/Chief Executive, NDIC Mr. Emeka Onwuka, HCIB Managing Director/Chief Executive, Diamond Bank Plc Mr. Bismarck Rewane Managing Director, Financial Derivatives Company Ltd Mrs. Omobola Johnson Chairman, Accenture Nigeria Chairman of Session Chief Dr. Joseph Sanusi, CON, FCIB former Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria
12:45 pm - 01:30 pm	Questions and Answers
01:30 pm - 02:30 pm	LUNCH
SESSION 2 02:30 pm - 03:45 pm	PROLOGUE Banks in Nigeria currently operate under the universal banking model which allows banks to carry out a wide range of banking and non-banking services. However, as an aftermath of the recent crisis following the CBN audit exercise, the CBN is determined to implement strategic imperatives to ensure that the sector is resilient to future shocks. As part of its reform agenda therefore, the CBN has planned to review the universal banking model, such that banks and their current subsidiaries will be subsumed as subsidiaries of a Holding Company. In other words, the Holding Company sits on top and hold stakes in the bank and other non-banking activities. This forum will assess the implications of this new policy for financial institutions. �THE HOLDING COMPANY MODEL: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES� Presenter: Mrs. Bisi Lamikanra Partner, KPMG Panelists: Mr. Ladi Balogun, HCIB Managing Director/CEO, First City Monument Bank Plc Mr. Emeka Emuwa Managing Director/Chief Executive, Citibank Nigeria Ltd Mr. Gbolahan Elias, SAN Partner, G. Elias & Co (Solicitors & Advocates) Prince R. A. Quadri President, Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria Chairman of Session Mr. Arnold Ekpe Group Chief ExecutiveEcobank Transnational Incorporated
03:45 pm - 04:30 pm	Questions and Answers
	SPECIAL DINNER
6:30 pm - 7:00 pm	Arrival & Registration of Guests
7:00 pm - 7:10 pm	Introduction of Members of the Top Table
7:10 pm - 7:20 pm	Address by the President/Chairman of Council Mr. 'Laoye Jaiyeola, FCIB
7:20 pm - 7:30 pm	Address by Special Guest of Honour
7:30 pm - 8:00 pm	Music! Music!! Music!!!
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm	Conferment of Fellowship
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm	Presentation of Chief S. I. Adegbite Award to Best Branch
8:30 pm - 9:25 pm	DINNER! DINNER!! DINNER!!!
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm	Response from the Awardee
9:30 pm - 9:40 pm	Vote of Thanks 'Uju M. Ogubunka, Ph.D, FCIB
DAY 2 (SEPTEMBER 24, 2010 )
SESSION 3 09:00 am - 10:30 am	PROLOGUE The recent CBN led banking reform, though crucial for the future of the financial services industry, has also led to a credit squeeze as many financial institutions apply caution and stringent rules for asset creation. This attitude, arguably justified, is a major obstacle to the growth of the financial services sector and the economy as a whole. How can we rebuild confidence again in the financial sector to ensure that credit is available and put into productive use? Can the economy bounce back given these reforms? How do we bridge the gap between policy and reform? These questions and many more are what this session seeks to answer. �THE MAKING OF CREDIT� Presenter: Mr. Kasongo Kandolo Group Head, Credit, Stanbic IBTC Bank Plc Panelists: Mr. Reginald Ihejiahi, FCIB Managing Director/Chief Executive, Fidelity Bank Plc Mr. Andrew Alli President/Chief Executive, African Finance Corporation Mr. Mansur Ahmed Director-General/CEO, Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission Mrs. Remi Odunlami, HCIB Chief Risk Officer, First Bank of Nigeria Plc Chairman of Session Dr. Kingsley Moghalu Deputy Governor, Financial System Stability, Central Bank of Nigeria
10:30 am - 11:00 am	Questions and Answers
11:00 am - 11:20 am	TEA/COFFEE BREAK
SESSION 4 11:20 am - 12:45 pm	PROLOGUE A well functioning fixed income securities market plays vital roles in the development of financial markets and the economy, from raising finance for capital expenditures to developing efficient money and capital markets. In many countries of the world, the capital market has contributed largely to the development of financial infrastructure for economic development. Given the importance and contribution of this market, this forum will discuss the challenges militating against the development of the market inspite of the recent concessions and find ways of jumpstarting the process. �DEVELOPING THE FIXED INCOME MARKET IN NIGERIA� Presenter: Mr. Akinsowon Dawodu President, Financial Market Dealers Association Panelists: Mr. Bola Onadele (Koko President, Financial Datanet House Ltd Dr. Abraham Nwankwo Director-General, Debt Management Office Dr. Onyewuchi Asinobi Managing Director/CEO, Central Securities & Clearing Systems Mr. Muhammad K. Ahmad Director-General, National Pension Commission Chairman of Session Dr. (Mrs.) Sarah Alade, HCIB Deputy Governor, Economic Policy, Central Bank of Nigeria
12:45 pm - 01:15 pm	Questions and Answers
01:15 pm - 03:00 pm	PRAYERS/LUNCH
03:00 pm - 04:45 pm	BREAK OUT SYNDICATE SESSION
04:45 pm - 05:00 pm	READING OF COMMUNIQUE
DEPARTURE
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SPEAKERS

			Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, CON, FCIB Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi graduated from King's College , Lagos in 1977 and studied at Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria earning a B.Sc in Economics in 1981. He obtained an M.Sc in Economics in 1983, and then taught at ABU from 1983 to 1985. In 1985, Mallam Sanusi joined Icon Limited (Merchant Bankers), a subsidiary of Morgan Guaranty Trust bank of New York, and Baring Brothers of London. He moved to the United Bank of Africa Plc in 1997 in the Credit and Risk Management Division , rising to the position of a General Manager. Also in 1997, parallet to his banking career, he obtained a degree in Sharia and Islamic Studies from the African International University in Khartoun, Sudan.
	In September 2005, Mallan Sanusi joined the Board of First Bank of Nigeria Plc as an Executive Director in Charge of Risk and Management Control, and was appointed Group Managing Director/Chief Executive in January 2009. He was also the Chairman, Kakawa Discount House and sat on the Board of FBN Bank (UK) Limited. He assumed office as Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria on 3rd June 2009, a position he occupies till date.

			Chief (Dr) Joseph Oladele Sanusi, CON, FCIB Chief (Dr) Joseph Sanusi attended South-West London College and Kingston College of Technology, England from 1962 to 1965 and qualified as a Chartered Accountant in England. In 1969, he became a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) and became a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria in 1987. Chief Sanusi worked as an Accountant in England and with the Board of Customs and Excise in Nigeria before joining the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in 1966 as a Deputy Manager. He rose to the post of a Departmental Director in 1977, after which he was appointed the first Chief Executive of the Securities and Exchange Commission in 1978.
	Between 1979 and 1984, he was the Executive Director, Monetary and Banking Policy, CBN and later Deputy Governor. In 1990, Chief Sanusi became the Managing Director and Chief Executive of United Bank for Africa a post he held until 1992, when he was moved to First Bank of Nigeria Plc, in the same capacity. Chief Sanusi retired from First Bank of Nigeria Plc in 1998, and in May, 1999, he was brought out of retirement and appointed the Governor of the CBN, a position he held till May 2004. He was subsequently appointed the Chairman, Standard Chartered Bank of Nigeria Limited and First Pension Custodian Nigeria Ltd.

			Christopher Knight, HCIB Mr. Christopher Knight attended Harvard Business School where he obtained a Master in Businsess Administration (MBA), currently he is the Managing Director/Chief Executive of Standard Chartered Bank of Nigeria. Prior to this, he had been Chief Executive Officer of Standard Chartered Bank in Cote 'd'Ivoire and Jordan. He has almost three decades of International banking experience in more than five Countries. He is an Honorary Senior Member of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria.

			Mr. Emeka Onwuka, HCIB Mr. Emeka Onwuka, a Chartered Accountant is a political Science graduate of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, who obtained an MBA from the University of Benin. Prior to joining the Diamond Bank team in 1992, he worked with Arthur Andersen abd Co., where he was exposed to both local and offshore trainings in accounting and management consulting for the finance as well as oil and gas industries. Mr. Onwuka joined the Diamond Bank's Corporate and Investment Banking Division in 1992 and from there progressed to managing the bank's Oil and gas Department. In 1996, he became the treasurer with direct reporting responsibility to executive management. In 1999, he was given the responsibility of managing branches in the Lagos region as Head, Commercial Banking Division, from where he became the bank's Head, Commercial Banking in 2004.
	Having gained over 14 years experience in key aspects of banking, he was elevated to the position of Managing Director in 2005.

			Mr. Bismarck Rewane Mr. B. J. Rewane, an Economics, trained at the University of Ibadan and commenced his banking career at Barclays Bank International in the UK where he participated in the graduated training programme for economists at the University of West London. An associate member of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of England and Wales, Mr. Rewane worked at the First National Bank of Chicago and Lagos office which later became International Merchant Bank Plc in Nigeria. He became General Manager and Head of Treasury Department and retired as Head of Corporate FInance. Mr, Rewane has attended several extensive programmes in strategic management at the Institute of Management Development at Lausanne, Switzerland, the Euromoney Institute of Finance, St. Catherine's College, Oxford and First Chicago's Joint Strategic Programme run by Harvard Business School.
	He is currently the Managing Director/Chief Executive of Finance Derivatives Company Limited.

			Mrs Omobola Johnson Mrs. Omobola Johnson holds a Bachelor's Degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from the University of Manchester and a Masters degree in Digital Electronics from King's Collge, London. She joined Accenture, then Andersen Consulting in 1985 and progressed through various roles and was a Director and the Head of the Financial Services operating group in Nigeria before her appointment as the Managing Director in December 2004. Mrs. Johnson is currently the Country Chairman of Accenture in Nigeria, a position she was appointed to in 2009.

			Mr. Arnold Ekpe Mr. Arnold Ekpe has been the Group Chief Executive Officer at Ecobank Transnational, Inc. since 2005. Prior to that, he was the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer at United Bank for Africa Plc. Mr. Ekpe was a Vice President and Head of African Trade and Corporate Finance for Sub-Sahara Africa for Citibank. He has over 28 years of International Banking experience and has executed landmark trade and corporate finance delas in West and Southern Africa. He hold degrees in Mechanical Engineering with First Class honours from Manchester University and a Business Administration degree from Manchester Business School.

			Dr. Gbolahan Elias, SAN Dr. Gbolahan Elias is the senior partner of G Elias & Co (Solicitors and Advocates), one of Nigeria's leading business law firms. He is both a Senior Advocate of Nigeria and one of Nigeria's foremost corporate finance transaction lawyers. He was educated at Magdalen and Merton Colleges, Oxford, graduating D.Phil, MA, BCL (Oxon) with First Class Honours. He was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1982 and the New York Bar in 1991. He was an associate at Cravath, Swaine & Moore in New York from late 1989 to mid-1993. Dr. Elias has also advised on GDR programme set-ups and placements, a number of sector-first 'IPOs' (including the first for 'E&P', oil, shipping and telecommunications companies) and pioneering offerings of units in managed funds (including the first-ever fund focused on the banking sector, a closed-end unit trust and the first Islamic unit trust).
	Dr. Elias has published 'Explaining Consultative Trusts' and more than a dozen papers on topical aspects in Nigerian business law.

Mr. Ladi Balogun, HCIB
Mr. Ladi Balogun holds Bachelor's degree in Economics from the University of East Anglia, UK and MBA from Harvard Business School. He had over 16 years' banking experience in commercial and investment banking in UK, USA and Africa with Morgan Grenfell (Investment Bank) and Citibank. He was appointed Managing Director in 2005 upon conclusion of the Bank's successful IPO and mergers with Co-operative Development Bank, Nigerian-American Bank and the acquisition of Midas Bank Ltd. He also serves on the Board of Directors of Credit Direct Limited (a leading micro-lending organisation), CSL Stockbrokers and Interswitch Nigeria Limited (Nigeria's leading transaction payment switch).

Mr. Balogun is an Honorary Senior Member of the Institute (HCIB)

			Dr. Kingsley Bosah Chiedu Moghalu Dr. Kingsley Moghalu obtained the LL.B (Honours) degree in law at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka in 1986. He was admitted as a Solicitor and Advocate of the Supreme Court of Nigeria in 1987 after obtaining a Barrister at Law degree at the Nigerian Law School, Lagos. He worked as a corporate lawyer with Shell Petroleum Development Company (Nigeria) Ltd and General Counsel of Newswatch Communications Ltd. In 1991 he left Nigeria for graduate studies at Tufts University's Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy in Medford, Massachusetts, USA, where he obtained the Master of Arts degree in 1992. He later obtained a Ph.D at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) in the United Kingdom and also holds the International Certificate in Risk Management from the Institute of Risk Management in London, UK.
	IN May 1992, Dr. Moghalu was appointed to the United Nations Secretariat where over the next 17 years, he served in legal, management, strategic planning and development finance positions at duty stations in four continents. In 2009 Dr. Moghalu left the United Nations system and founded the Sogato Strategies Group and also served as the Executive Director of the Swiss-Africa Business Rountable, a Senior Associate at the Sustainability Advisory Group in Dubai. He was appointed Deputy Governor, Financial Systems Stability, Central Bank of Nigeria on 27th October 2009.

Mr. Emeka Emuwa,HCIB
Mr. Emeka Emuwa holds Bachelor's degree in Finance from University of Lagos in 1982 and M.Sc (Management) from Purdue University West Lafayette Indiana in 1984. He started his banking career in 1986 with Nigeria International Bank Limited (Citibank) and rose through the ladder to his present position as the Country Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer since 2005.

Mr. Emuwa is an Honorary Senior member of the Institute (HCIB)

			Mr. Kandolo Kasongo Kandolo Kasongo is from the Democratic Republic of Congo. He is an experienced banker with proven Risk Management, Business and People skills developed and refined over more than 25 years in succession of senior positions with Citigroup and Barclays in multiple geographies across Africa and the Middle East. He joined Citi as a Management Associate in Kinshasa and grew through the ranks with assignments in all the key departments of the bank from the back office (Operations and Customer Service), through the middle office (Finance and Human Resources) then to the Front Office (relationship Manager). Kasongo Kandolo currently heads the Credit team for Stanbic IBTC Bank plc Nigeria. He oversees the credit function, application of the best practice underwriting principles and subsequent credit management practices to minimize credit losses.
	He has a 5 years Graduate degree equivalent to an MBA from Faculte University Catholique de Mons (Belgium).

			Mr. Andrew Alli Mr. Andrew Alli obtained a Masters degree of INSEAD, France and until his recent appointment in November 2008 as the President/Chief Executive, African Finance Corporation, he was the Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Travant Capital, a private equity fund. Prior to that, he was with the International Finance Corporation ("IFC"), the private sector financing arm of the World Bank Group, in Washington as an investment officer working first in the Oil, Gas and Mining Department and then in the Telecommunications Department. In 2002 he was appointed IFC's Country Manager for Nigeria, responsible for managing IFC's operations in the country. In 2006, Mr. Alli was appointed Country Manager for Southern Africa, where he was responsible for South Africa and seven other countries.

			Engr. Mansur Ahmed Engr. Masur Ahmed holds a first degree in Mechanical Engineering from Nottingham University and a Master degree in Industrial Engineering and Administration from Cranfield University. He also holds a postgraduate certificate in Investment Appraisal and Management of the Harvard Institute of International Development. Engr. Ahmed started his working career as a Research Assistant with Epson Research Laboratories, UK and later returned to Nigeria where he joined the Ahmadu Bello University as an Assistant Lecturer in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. He worked in the Manufacturing industry in companies such as Dunlop Nigeria Plc, Bagauda and Kaduna Textiles Limited.
	He was the Director General of the Nigeria Economic Summit Group (NESG) and joined the Board of Union bank of Nigeria Plc as a Non-Executive Director in October 2007. He is currently the DG/CEO, Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission in Nigeria.

			Mr. Reginald Ihejiahi, FCIB Mr. Reginald Ihejiahi holds a B.Sc in Accounting from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria and M.Sc. Finance, from the London School of Economics & Political Science, University of London. He is a Fellow (FCCA) of the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants, UK. Mr. Ihejiahi has various working experience in different aspects of banking, from Commercial to Credit Risk, Operations and Information technology and rose to Senior management positions at First National Bank of Chicago (Lagos Office) and an Executive Director at the United Bank for Africa Plc before joining Fidelity Bank Plc as Managing Director/Chief Executive. Mr. Ihejiahi also served on the boards of many financial services companies and is the Chairman of the board of FSL Group - a subsidiary of Fidelity Bank Plc.
	A Mobil Undergraduate Scholar and Federal Government of Nigeria Post Graduate scholar, he is an Honorary Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria. Mr. Ihejiahi has attended various senior management and executive banking course at the London Business School, INSEAD, France, Euromoney Training, UK and others.

			Mrs. Remi Odunlami, HCIB Mrs. Remi Odunlami holds a B.Sc in Mathematics from the University of Warwick, Conventry, England (1982) and is a Fellow of the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants (1995). She started her career with price Waterhouse, now PriceWaterhouse Coopers (PWC) in 1986 as a member of the National Youth Service Corps and rose to the position of Audit Senior before she left in December 1989. In July 1990, Mrs. Odunlami joined Nigeria International bank Limited (now Citibank Nigeria Limited) as an Assistant Manager with the Financial Institutions Unit. She was the first Sub Saharan African female and first Nigerian appointed to the level of Senior Credit Officer within Citigroup.
	Mrs. odunlami is presently the Chief Risk Officer of First Bank of Nigeria Plc and was until her appointment an Executive Director and Country Risk Manager at Citibank Nigeria Limited.

			Dr. (Mrs) Sarah Alade, HCIB Dr. (Mrs) Sarah Alade attended the University of Ife, Ile-Ife (now OAU) where she obtained a B.Sc Economics in 1976. She also obtained an M.Comm degree at the University of Melbourne, in 1983 and a Ph.D Management Science (Operations Research) from the UNILORIN in 1991. Dr. Alade commenced her working career in 1977 with the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development, Ilorin, Kwara State and in 1991, she became a Lecturer in the Department of Accounting and Finance, University of Ilorin. She joined the Central Bank of Nigeria in 1993 as an Assistant Director in the Research Department where she served as Head, State Government Finance Office (1993-1996), Head, Federal Government Finance Office (1996-2000) and Head, Fiscal Analysis Division (2000-2004).
	Dr. Alade was appointed Director, Banking Operations Department in May 2004. In that capacity, she served as Chairman Board of Directors, Nigeria Interbank Settlement System (NIBSS) as well as Secretary, Vision 2020 and National Economic Management Team. Dr. Alade was appointed Deputy Governor (Economic Policy) Central Bank of Nigeria on 26th March, 2007 where she is serving till date.

			Mr. Akinsowon Dawodu Mr. Akinsowon Dawodu joined Citibank Nigeria's Treasury Department in June 2000 as a Foreign Exchange Dealer responsible for risk taking and market activity. After a spell as a Local Currency dealer, he became Chief Delear in 2003 overseeing all trading and market to market activities by the department and was also responsible for the management of regulatory relationships and market development initiatives. Mr. Dawodu joined MTN Nigeria in 2005 and returned to Citibank in 2007 as the Head Trader/Deputy Treasurer. He has subsequently been appointed Fixed Income Currency and Coomodities head and the Country Treasurer.
	He attended University of Lagos where he obtained B.Sc in Accounting and Manchester Business School (MBS) where he got an MBA in 1997. Mr. Dawodu became a holder of the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) in 2003 and is currently the President Financial Dealers Market Association.

			Mr. Bola Onadele (KoKo) Mr. Bola Onadele, an Economics graduate of University of Ibadan and a Chartered Accountant is the Founder of the Financial Datanet. Koko, (as he is popularly called in the Nigerian Financial Market), commenced his banking career with First City Merchant Bank (FCMB) in 1990 and later moved to Nigeria International Bank (Citibank Nigeria) in 1991. He left Citibank Nigeria in 1998 to re-join FCMB as the Vice President, Treasury & Financial Services Group and in 2002, he assumed duty as the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Trust bank of Africa (Merchant Bankers) to champion the turn around of the bank.
	He was the Chief Operating Officer of Leadbank between 2003 and 2005 and served as a Director of the Nigeria Inter Bank Settlement System (NIBSS) in 2000. Koko championed the two-way quoting system in trading in the foreign exchange market, the Nigerian Inter-bank Offered Rate (NIBOR), Nigeria Inter-bank Foreign Exchange Index (NIFEX) and the introduction of screen based dealing in Nigeria. He was a facilitator for the Citibank Bourse Game (Foreign Exchange & Money Market Simulation) course in Nigeria and Ghana between 1997 and 1998. He also served as faculty member of the Lagos Business School/MBC International Bank Treasury Simulation Course. He is currently the President of FDHL.

			Dr. Abraham Nwankwo Dr. Abraham Nwankwo holds a B.Sc Economics, M.Sc. Economics and Ph. D Economics from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. He is currently the Director-General of the Debt Management Office, Nigeria which he joined since 2000. Prior to assuming this post Dr. Nwankwo was on a National Assignment on special posting from DMO to The World Bank as Senior Advisor to the Executive Director, Africa Group I Constituency. He is also a member of the Panel of the Banker's Africa Local Currency Capital Markets

			Mr. Muhammad K. Ahmad Mr. Muhammad K. Ahmad a graduate of Accounting is currently the Director-General of the National Pension Commission (PenCom) and was the Director of Research and Information Technology at the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) on secondment from the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC). Mr. Ahmad also co-ordinated the enactment of the Pension Reform Act. 2004 and the implementation framework for the Contributory Pension Scheme in Nigeria. He was a pioneer staff of the NDIC where he was a Bank Supervisor and Director from 1989 to 2003 and served in various capacities including being a member of the Interim Management Board of the Corporation. While at the NDIC, he was associated with major regulatory and supervisory initiatives aimed at promoting the stability of the banking system.
	Mr. Ahmad was also seconded to the Central Bank of Liberia by the Nigerian Government under the IMF Programme where, along with other experts, he assisted in reforming the Central Bank of Liberia.

			Dr. Onyewuchi Asinobi Dr. Onyewuchi C. Asinobi is the pioneer Managing Director/CEO of Central Securities Clearing System (CSCS) Ltd and obtained a B.Sc (Hons) degree from Southern University, Baton-Rouge, Louisiana, USA and MBA from Jackson State University, USA. He also holds a Post Graduate Diploma (PGD) from the University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria and also attended Harvard Business School in Boston, USA in 2004. Dr. Asinobi joined The Nigerian Stock Exchange in 1990 and served as the Branch Manager of the Nigerian Stock Exchange in Port Harcourt, Nigeria from 1991 to 1993.
	He was seconded to the Central Securities Clearing System Ltd, a subsidiary company of The Nigerian Stock Exchange as the pioneer Chief Operating Officer (COO) before he was appointed the Managing Director and Chief Executive Office on December 11, 1997, a position he holds till date. Dr. Asinobi is a member of Nigerian Institute of Management (NIM), Institute of Directors, Nigeria (IoD) and a Fellow, Institute of Capital Market Registrars (FICMR) amongst others.

			Mrs. Bisi Lamikanra Mrs. Bisi Lamikanra is the Partner and Head of the Business Performance Services practice for KPMG Professional Services. She has led several important engagements covering a wide range of disciplines across key sectors in West Africa. Mrs. Lamikanra has extensive experiences in business strategy, enterprise transformation, organization restructuring, project management, business integration, organization structure design and IT & HR advisory services, across various public and private sector clients in West Africa. She has overall responsibility for all major business advisory projects in the Lagos office. She has served as the engagement partner on the merger of consolidating banks and for multiple global expansion projects for banks. Typically, these projects have covered conceptualization and development of an overall roll-out strategy for banks, their group or holding company arrangements as well as developing the framework for determining the financing structures for the banks and their subsidiary businesses.
	Mrs. Lamikanra is an active member of the leadership of various professional associations, community-oriented charities and other non-governmental organizations, including the Nigerian-American Chamber of Commerce, Fate Foundation, Corona Schools Trust Council, AART of Life Foundation, Bethesda Foundation etc. Mrs. Lamikanra has a first degree in Economics and is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria, alumni of the Lagos Business School and has attended various training courses over the course of her career.

			Prince Rasaq Adekunle Quadri Prince Rasaq Adekunle Quadri, is an astute Tax Practitioner, seasoned Chartered Accountant and Management Consultant of repute. He attended Federal Polytechnic, Idah, for his Higher National Diploma in Accountancy which he completed in 1985. He enrolled and apssed the qualifying examinations of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria in May 1987 and was admitted Fellow of the Institute in May 1995, the same year he was admitted Fellow of The Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria, having been admitted as Associate Member in 1990. He was admitted Associate Member of Nigeria Institute of Management (Chartered) in 1996.
	Prince Quadri, whose successful professional career spanned over two decades, worked with Ogunbajo Okubule & Co. (Chartered Accountants), Oladipupo Quadri & Co. (Chartered Accountacts) among other. Presently, he is teh Managing Partner of Rasaq Quadri & Co., Managing Consultant, Marrs Consults and a Non Executive Director Fabo Petroleum Company Limited. Prince Quadri has served the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria in various capacity before his election as the President/Chairman of Council in June 2009. He has written books and articles, including seminal works. To his credit amongst the books are unpublished works titled Toward Uniformity in Accounting for Nigerian Companies and Accounting for non-Accounting Managers.

			Dr. Akintunde Akinkunmi Dr Akinkunmi is a 1986 graduate of the College of Medicine, University of Ibadan. After postgraduate training in Psychiatry in the United Kingdom, he gained Membership of the Royal College of Psychiatrists in 1993, and was elected to Fellowship of the College in 2008. He is dually qualified in Medicine and the Law, having gained an LLM degree in the Legal Aspects of Medical Practice from Cardiff Law School, University of Wales, UK in 2000. Dr Akinkunmi was for several years a Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist in the UK National Health Service. He now runs his own Health and Stress Manangement Consultancy in Harley Street London, and is Chief Operating Officer of Stress Management Solutions (Nig) Ltd.
	He served as a member of the Fitness to Practice Committee of the UK General Medical Council between 2000 and 2005, and has been a Member of the Parole Board for England and Wales since 2002. Dr Akinkunmi is Visiting Lecturer at his alma mater, the College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, and is a founder member, and current President, of the Ibadan Medical Specialists Group, a UK-based charity that supports undergraduate medical education at the University of Ibadan.

			Alhaji Umaru Ibrahim, mni Alhaji Umaru Ibrahim, mni, Acting Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation graduated from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. Three years later he added a Master degree in Public Administration (MPA) from the same university. In 2001, still in quest for further knowledge, he attended the prestigious National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, Kuru. Alhaji Ibrahim had served in several ministries & departments in Kano State Public Service becoming a Permanent Secretary in 1979 before joining the NDIC, in 1979 as a Deputy Director and Head in charge of Finance & Technical Support. In 1991, he became a full director in charge of Administration department of the Corporation. He was later appointed the Executive Director of the Corporation in 2007.
	In 2009, he was appointed to the position of the Acting Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation which enable him oversee such strategic unit of the Corporation as finance, human resources administration, information technology and performance management unit. Over the years he has attended several technical and management courses from some prestigious institutions both at national and international level. Amongst are ESSEC Graduate Business School in France, Templeton College of Oxford University, U.K. and International Centre for Banking & Financial Service, Manchester University. Others include International Institute for Management Development (IMD), Lausanne Switzerland and Lagos Business School. Alhaji Umaru Ibrahim is a member of the following professional bodies: Fellow, Nigeria Institute of Management, Member, CIPM and Member, Alumni Association of National Institute of Policy & Strategic Studies.