President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Engineer Uzoma Nwagba as the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Consumer Credit Corporation (CREDICORP).
Tinubu’s spokesperson, Ajuri Ngelale, announced this in a statement on Friday.
Ngelale said the appointment is to ensure financial inclusion and economic prosperity for the majority of Nigerians,
The President, according to him, expects the new Chief Executive Officer of this critical agency to bring to bear his wealth of experience in finance and technology and to drive financial interventions across Nigeria.
Nwagba, 36, holds a Master’s of Business Administration from the Harvard Business School and a first-class Bachelor’s of Engineering from Howard University, Washington, DC.
Before his appointment, Engineer Nwagba served as Chief Operating Officer of the Bank of Industry, in charge of driving micro-credit and other financial interventions at the institution.
He had also served as a Senior Investment Associate, specializing in financial services (banking, insurance, pensions) at the African Capital Alliance.
Engineer Nwagba was a software engineer at Microsoft, where he led multiple teams charged with building enterprise and mobile software for emerging markets (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, and Nigeria), before his transition to finance.
