Led by practitioners from across the region.

Mr. Ngwuta is a 23-year veteran of the financial services industry in West Africa. He was at various times Head of Bancassurance and Relationship Manager, SME Banking at Standard Chartered Bank Nigeria; Group Head, Business Solutions Development at UBA Insurance Co. Ltd; Head, Products, Branding & Marketing Support at UBA Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. Ltd; Head, Corporate Planning & Risk Management at Sovereign Trust Insurance Plc; and General Manager, Operations at Intellbank Consulting Ltd.

A lecturer, speaker, administrator and resource person, his specialties are Risk Management, Insurance, Bancassurance, Training and Educational Management. His experience includes large-scale financial product deployment, among them the UBA rollout of mass-market insurance products in Nigeria in 2006.

He holds a B.Sc. in Insurance & Risk Management from the University of Science and Technology, Enugu, and an MBA from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife. He is the author of many books, including a 546-page professional insurance book published in 2007 by the Nigeria Insurers Association.

Dr. Ezeilo holds a degree in Mathematics from the University of Benin, a Master’s in Systems Engineering from the University of Lagos, a Diploma in Law from Lagos State University and a Doctorate in Computers and Information Systems Security from Northcentral University, Arizona, USA. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria and holds over a dozen professional certifications in accounting, auditing and information technology.

Over the last twenty-five years he has practised in financial services, corporate planning, computer and network security, systems audit, forensic investigation, public finance management and audit. He has consulted for the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria, the Financial Institutions Training Centre, the World Bank, the European Union and the UK Department for International Development.

He is the founder and President/CEO of Forensic and Digital Support Limited, and Technical Adviser to the Public Accounts Committee of the National Assembly, Abuja.

Professor Ikokwu is Executive Director of Programmes and Lead Faculty for the Green Business and Sustainability Solutions Programmes at WABS. He brings more than twenty years of experience in business and international development management, education, training and capacity building.

He received the award of Professor of International Education in 2009 from Ternopil Ivan Pul’uj National Technical University, Ukraine, and a Gold Medal Award from Ukraine’s Ministry of Education and Science the same year. He was Nigeria’s National Correspondent at the Malta-based United Nations Future Generations Programme from 1996 to 1999, and has served as a resource person to the Global Risks Forum since 2006.

He has served as Executive Staff Consultant to the Nigerian Senate Committee on Environment and has consulted for Federal Ministries, Departments and Agencies including the National Automotive Council and the Nigerian Academy of Science.

Dr. Kwapong is Director, Ghana & Francophone West Africa at WABS and Chief Executive Officer of HR Perspectives Ltd, Ghana. He is an HR practitioner with over 30 years’ experience in leading companies including Volta River Authority, Ashanti Goldfields Company, Ghana Commercial Bank, First Merchant Bank of Malawi and Trust Bank of The Gambia, and has consulted for the UNDP in Sierra Leone and International Bank, Liberia.

In 2011 he was honoured with the HR Leadership Award at the Global HR Excellence Awards in Mumbai, India. He studied at the University of Ghana and Solihull College, Birmingham, and was called to the Bar in 2000 after studying at the Ghana School of Law. His specialty is Labour Law.

He serves on boards and councils including the Governing Council of the Ghana Institute of HR Management Practitioners and the Grievance Review Committee of the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission, Ghana.

Mr. Mambouray is Regional Director and Head of The Gambia, responsible for the leadership, management and supervision of all learning and development operations in The Gambia and other English-speaking West African countries.

He retired in 2014 as Chief Administrative Officer of the West African Monetary Institute (WAMI) after 13 years of service. Before that he served for 17 years as Director, Foreign Exchange Department at the Central Bank of The Gambia, which he joined in 1978 as an Economist.

Princess Onyemaechi is an educationist and professional teacher of many years’ experience, and Acting Director of Human Resources, Administration and Corporate Services at WABS.

She joined WABS in 2004 as Administration and Computer Operations Officer, rising to Director in 2014. Earlier, at British American Insurance Company, Lagos, she was a member of the project team that implemented the Complete Insurance Business Application Software (CIBAS).

She holds a National Certificate in Education from the National Teachers’ Institute, Kaduna, and studied Business Education at the National Open University of Nigeria.