Okechukwu Enelamah

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Okechukwu Enelamah
Olusegun Aganga
Succeeded byNiyi Adebayo
Personal details
Born1964 (age 59–60)

Okechukwu Enelamah // (born 1964) is Nigeria's former Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment. He was nominated by President Muhammadu Buhari to join the Federal Cabinet in October 2015[1] and appointed to the Industry, Trade, and Investment portfolio in November 2015. He served in this position till 2019.[2]

Education

Enelamah earned a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) from the

Baker Scholar and Loeb Fellow.[3] He is a member of ICAN (1992) and became a CFA charterholder in 1997.[4]
He earned Dean's List honours in his MBBS graduating class at the University of Nigeria, and was awarded national prizes in the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) examinations.

Career

Enelamah worked as an Audit Senior and Consultant in 1988 at Arthur Anderson (now KPMG Professional Services). He later worked in New York and London offices of Goldman Sachs in 1993 before joining Zephyr Management as an investment manager where he rose to Principal in the Johannesburg office between 1995 and 1997.[5] Enelamah founded African Capital Alliance (ACA), a private equity firm, in 1997 where he served as CEO until his appointment to the Industry, Trade, and Investment portfolio in November 2015 by President Muhammadu Buhari.


External links

  • Federal ministry of Industry, Trade and investment

References

  1. ^ Laessing & Williams. "Nigeria's Buhari asks head of biggest private equity firm to join cabinet". Reuters. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
  2. ^ Magnowski, Wallace, and Ibukun. "The Key Ministers in Nigerian President Buhari's Cabinet". Bloomberg. Retrieved 5 December 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ "Okechukwu Enelamah M.D., CFA". Bloomberg. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
  4. ^ "Okechukwu Enelamah, Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment (MITI)". Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment (MITI). Retrieved 5 December 2016.
  5. ^ "DR. OKECHUKWU ENELAMAH DIRECTOR". Cornerstone. Retrieved 5 December 2016.