WEEKEND PROFILE: HRH Malam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi was born into the Fulani Torodbe (Sullubawa) clan of Kano on the 31st of July 1961. He was Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria from 3 June 2009 to 2 June 2014. Sanusi obtained a degree in Economics from Ahmadu Bello University in 1981. In 1997, He also obtained a degree in Sharia and Islamic Studies from the African International University in Khartoum, Sudan. In 1985 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 for Africa in 1997 in the Credit and Risk Management Division, rising to the position of a General Manager. In September 2005, he joined the Board of First Bank of Nigeria as an Executive Director in charge of Risk and Management Control, and was appointed Group Managing Director (CEO) in January 2009. Sanusi was the first northerner to be appointed CEO in First Bank’s history of more than a century. He was crowned on the 8th of June 2014 as the Emir of Kano, succeeding his late great-uncle Dr Ado Bayero (who died on Friday 6 June 2014).
Posted on: Sat, 30 Aug 2014 11:19:15 +0000
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