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.
The appointment is said to be in the president’s keeping with his dedicated efforts to ensure financial inclusion and economic prosperity for the majority of Nigerians,
Nwagba, 36, holds a Masters of Business Administration from the Harvard Business School and a first-class Bachelor of Engineering from Howard University, Washington DC.
Prior to his appointment, 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 Senior Investment Associate, specialising in financial services (banking, insurance, pensions) at the African Capital Alliance.
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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.
According to the president’s media aide, Mr. Ajuri Ngelale, more information about this landmark initiative of President Bola Tinubu’s administration can be found on: www.credicorp.ng
He said the president expected the new Chief Executive Officer of the critical agency to bring to bear his wealth of experience in finance and technology, as well as his record in driving financial interventions across Nigeria in the new role in order to expand access to credit to all classes of Nigerian citizens, while promoting financial inclusion, and enhancing the quality of life of the Nigerian people as they accessed the tangibles of prosperity.
