Mr. Sanusi Lamido Aminu Sanusi
Governor -
Since
6/3/2009
Mallam Sanusi Lamido Aminu Sanusi
Born on July 31, 1961, to a technocrat father, (Permanent Secretary, Foreign Affairs–1960s), Mallam Sanusi Lamido Aminu Sanusi is the grandson of a former Emir of Kano and Islamic Scholar, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi. He started his western education at St. Anne Primary School, Kakuri, Kaduna (1967-1972). He had his West African School Certificate at the prestigious King’s College, Lagos in 1977. He then proceeded to the equally prestigious Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria where he bagged a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics in 1981 and he did the course work for Master of Science degree in Economics with distinction in Monetary Policy in 1983. He earlier did his National Youth Service in former Gongola State (now Adamawa and Taraba States).
Mallam Sanusi’s quest for knowledge took him outside the shores of Nigeria as he headed to Khartoun, Sudan where he bagged a first class degree in Sharia and Islamic Studies from the African International University in 1997.
Sanusi combines a career in banking with a strong background in intellectualism. He started his working career in 1983, as an academic at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria where he taught economics. In 1985, he moved into banking industry as a merchant banker with Icon Limited (Merchant Bankers), a subsidiary of Morgan Guaranty Trust Bank of New York, and Baring Brothers of London. Thereafter, he joined the United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA) in 1997 as a Principal Manager in the Credit and Risk Management Division where he rose to the position of a General Manager. In September 2005, he joined the Board of First Bank of Nigeria PLC as an Executive Director in charge of Risk and Management Control.
He is reputed to have championed remarkable developments in FBN enterprise, risk and management control mechanisms. As general manager at UBA, Sanusi anchored the transformation of the credit and risk management division into an enterprising risk management sector, and spearheaded UBA's Basel 2 focus by establishing the framework, policies, processes and systems necessary for compliance with the guidelines of the new capital accord.
As Executive Director, Risk & Management Control of First Bank PLC, he was said to have championed remarkable developments in the bank's enterprise risk and management control mechanisms. He took over the mantle of leadership as the Group Managing Director of First Bank of Nigeria PLC in January 2009. He was also the Chairman, Kakawa Discount House and sat on the Board of FBN Bank (UK) Limited.
Mallam Sanusi in the course of his banking career has attended several training programmes in Nigeria and overseas among which are:-
Commercial Lending and Bank Management – Icon Limited Training School - 1988
Face –to- Face Selling Skills; Exceptional Sales Performance – Forum Corporation of Boston – 1989
Credit Analysis - Citibank Training School, New Jersey – 1989
Advanced Corporate Credit – Euromoney – 1998
Managing People for Success – Vic Lawrence – 1999
Advanced Credit Analysis – Risk Analytics, New York – 2003
Advanced Risk Management – International Faculty of Finance, London – 2004
International Capital Markets – International Faculty of Finance, London - 2005
As a prolific writer, Sanusi has presented papers at National and International conferences bordering on banking, politics, religion and society. These include:-
“The New Capital Accord (Basel 2) : The Standardized Approach to Minimum Capital Requirements Under the First Pillar” – 2004
London Club of Creditors:These are mainly uninsured and unguaranteed debts extended by commercial banks to nationals of debtor nations. Members of the club are commercial banks mainly in industrialized countries. The first London club meeting was held in 1976 to discuss re-payment and conclude re-structuring agreements.