SEC appoints new President and Chairman of its council

The Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators of Nigeria (ICSAN) has appointed Dr. Suleyman Abdu Ndanusa, Chairman of the Board of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as President and Chairman of its council.

A chartered secretary, economist, banker, lawyer and chartered stockbroker, Ndanusa has occupied important offices and played very significant roles in Nigeria’s business and corporate landscape. He served variously as Special Assistant to a former Honorable Minister of Commerce; Director General of the Securities and Exchange Commission; Lead Consultant to the Central Bank of Nigeria Bank (CBN) on Banking Consolidation Monitoring before his appointment as the Managing Director of Spring Bank Plc on interim basis to salvage the crises ridden bank. He was also a director in the Special Fraud Unit of the Office of the National Security Adviser.

Ndanusa graduated from the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria with a B.Sc (2nd class upper) degree in Economics in 1978, obtained an LLB degree from the University of Lagos in 2000 and was called to bar in 2003. He is also a graduate of the prestigious Advanced Management Programme of Harvard Business School, USA, and holds the Doctor of Letters Degree of St Clements University, UK.

An Officer of the Order of the Niger (OON), Ndanusa has served as a Council Member, Nigeria Investment Promotions Commission (NIPC); Member, Technical Committee on Privatization of the Bureau for Public Enterprises (BPE); Member, National Pensions Reform Steering Committee and currently Chairman / Pro Chancellor of the IBB University, Lapai, in Niger State.

The Board, Management and Staff of the SEC congratulate the ICSAN for the investiture of Dr. Ndausa and joins well meaning Nigerians in felicitating with our illustrious Chairman for this additional honour and accomplishment.