Uche Nwuka

Mrs. Nwuka holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Benin, Nigeria, majoring in Economics and Statistics. She also holds a masters degree in Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka with majors in Banking and Finance.

Mrs. Nwuka, presents over 23-years’ experience as a banker, spanning four (4) banks including Merchant banks, Commercial banks and Development Finance Institution, she is well exposed in all key departments and areas of banking.

As an Investment Banker with the defunct ABC Merchant Bank Limited, Mrs. Nwuka worked in the Corporate Finance Department, the Domestic Treasury and Financial Institutions Department. While in Manny Bank Plc (Merged with Fidelity Bank Plc), Mrs. Nwuka also delivered and acquired invaluable experience In Private Banking and Treasury Department, which she headed for a period of 6 years continuously. When Manny Bank Plc, then a Merchant Bank, was granted commercial banking license in 2000, Mrs. Nwuka, as the Head of Treasury Services Department was instrumental to the generation of funds from High Net-worth individuals and conglomerates which enabled the bank to meet the high liquidity demands of a commercial bank. She worked briefly in the Private Banking Group of First City Monument Bank (FCMB PLC) from August 2006 to February 2007.

Presently, a Development banker with the Bank of Industry, Mrs. Nwuka headed the Treasury and International Operations Division; she was the pioneer head of the Creative Industry Department, where she supervised the development and successful implementation of the Bank’s first non-asset based collateral arrangement for a Cinema project and other projects within the Creative Industry. She equally supervised the Gender Business and Multi-lateral Relationship Department, where she managed the African Growth and Opportunities Act (AGOA) office, project appraisal, implementation and management. She headed the Credit Risk divisions (Control, Administration, Monitoring, Remedial and Recovery) of the Risk Asset Management Group of the bank as a Principal Manager. She is presently the Group Head of the Creative Industry Group