Edward Adamu: Chairman of AMCON
Edward Adamu is a Nigerian quantity surveyor, business consultant and leadership strategist. He is the Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria.
He was nominated to that position by president Muhammadu Buhari on 1st February 2018, to replace Suleiman Barau, who retired in December 2017. He was unanimously confirmed by the Nigerian Senate on 22 March 2018.
Immediately prior to his appointment to his current position, he served as the Director of Human Resources at the Nigerian central bank, since 2016. Adamu is also currently serving as the Chairman of Asset Management Company of Nigeria (AMCON).
Edward Adamu was born on 22 June 1959 in Kaltungo, Gombe State, in the northeastern part of Nigeria. He studied at the Ahmadu Bello University, in Zaria, graduating with a Bachelor of Science in Quantity Surveying with Second Class Upper Division.
He also holds postgraduate professional qualifications from other institutions of higher learning, including the Institute of Credit Administration of Nigeria, the Wharton School, INSEAD, Booth School of Business, and IMD Switzerland. He is also a fellow of the Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors and the Institute of Credit Administration.
Mr. Adamu began his career in the Unified Public Service (UPS) in 1983 with the Bauchi State Civil Service. He spent thirty five (35) years in the UPS, twenty five (25) of which was spent in the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).
During his years in the Central Bank, he was seconded to the Gombe State Civil Service from 2008 to 2010 as the Senior Special Assistant and Head, Procurement Management and Due Process Office.
He returned to the CBN in 2010 and was appointed Director of Strategy Management Department in 2012, after a rigorous selection process. He was later deployed to the Human Resources Department of the Bank in 2016 as Director, a position he held until his retirement from the services of the Bank on 14th February, 2018.
Mr. Adamu is innovative, people-oriented, personable, visionary and creative with the courage to engage, inspire and influence people into collaborative action for collective good. He is an excellent communicator, negotiator and thought leader, with insight and ability to provide transformative solutions to complex problems.
Mr. Adamu has been exposed to World-class education at renowned institutions like INSEAD, IMD, Wharton, Chicago Booth, Palladium/Harvard and the United Nation Development Programme.
His hobbies include writing, mentoring and Community Development. He is happily married with four children, two girls and two boys.
Edward Lametek Adamu is a married father of four children (two boys and two girls).
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