President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Uzoma Nwagba as the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Consumer Credit Corporation (CREDICORP).
The appointment, according to Presidential Spokesperson Ajuri Ngelale, is in line with the president’s dedicated efforts to ensure financial inclusion and economic prosperity for the majority of Nigerians.
Mr. 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.
Prior to 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 he transitioned to finance
