Nigeria Risk Summit
Risks are rising across the credit spectrum, can they be contained?
IN PERSON EVENT
We are delighted to welcome you back in person to Moody’s/ RIMAN's Nigeria Conference, bringing together C-suite guest speakers, Moody’s analysts and the Risk Management Association of Nigeria (RIMAN).
The Conference will focus on the outlook for Nigeria amid the global macroeconomic slowdown and tight financing conditions. We will discuss the implications of the Presidential election results, the high oil prices and elevated inflation, coupled with the subdued growth and sustained foreign currency shortages for Nigeria.
Discover the latest Moody’s insight across sovereign, banking and corporate sectors, as well as ESG trends shaping credit dynamics in Nigeria.
Join this exclusive meeting to discuss market trends with credit risk experts and your peers. We look forward to (re)connecting with you.
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Agenda
08:00
- 09:00
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Registration and networking
09:05
- 09:50
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10:40
- 11:05
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Refreshment Break
11:05
- 11:35
WAT
11:35
- 12:15
WAT
Is the private sector ready for a challenging operating environment
- Capital market trends for the Nigerian private sector
- Financial performance/ profitability and its impact on the private sector
- How will the recent regulatory developments in Nigeria affect banks and corporates?
- The challenges of FX shortages
12:15
- 13:00
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Event Details:
Venue Name: Lagos Continental Hotel
Address: 52a Kofo Abayomi St, Victoria Island 101241, Lagos
Date: 22 March 2023
Time: 08:00 - 13:00 WAT
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Bolaji is Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Chapel Hill Denham and Chief Investment Officer of the Nigeria Infrastructure Debt Fund. He has over thirty-three years of experience in investment banking, investment management, investing and mobile telecommunications. Chapel Hill Denham is Nigeria’s leading investment bank and its leading alternatives investment manager and impact investment firm with funds in Infrastructure, Real Estate, Renewables, Gender and Venture.
Prior to Chapel Hill, Bolaji spent over ten years with FCMB Group, in investment banking and securities trading, leaving in January 2001. From April 1993 to January 2001, he was Executive Director/Chief Operating Officer at CSL Stockbrokers Limited. Bolaji was Executive Director at FCMB Capital Markets from January 1996. He left FCMB Capital Markets in January 2001, to be a co-founder and Director of Econet Wireless Nigeria, now Airtel Nigeria. Bolaji led the capital raising and license bid auction for Econet Wireless Nigeria’s USD285 million GSM license. He was Chief Business Development & Strategy Officer and was appointed Chief Marketing Officer in October 2001. The US1.67 billion sale of Econet Wireless to Celtel in 2005, remains Nigeria’s single largest successfully exited private investment. Bolaji left mobile telecommunications and returned to financial services when he founded Chapel Hill in 2005.
Bolaji is the only private sector member of the Steering Committee responsible for Nigeria’s Integrated National Financing Framework. He is Co-Chair of the Private Sector Advisory Group on the SDGs, Vice Chairman of Endeavor Nigeria and a Director of Trustfund Pensions. He is a former Chairman of Lafarge Africa Plc and Nahco FTZ Limited, a former Director of Nahco Aviance Plc and NASD Plc. Bolaji was appointed to the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, Africa Advisory Board in September 2009.
Bolaji is an Economics (Honours) graduate of the London School of Economics and was educated at Charterhouse, Godalming, Surrey, United Kingdom and at Igbobi College.
Mr. Chiemeka has over twenty-eight (28) years of professional experience in Securities Trading and Asset Management across markets in Africa. He joined The Nigerian Stock Exchange as Divisional Head of Trading Business in February, 2019 and is now the Divisional Head of Capital Markets in Nigeria Exchange Limited. Before joining the Exchange, he worked with United Capital Securities Limited, a subsidiary of United Capital Plc. As the MD/CEO of United Capital Securities Limited, he championed the first cross broader trading under the West African Capital Market Integration initiative and was also responsible for Strategy, Market penetration, Product development and Client Management. He also championed the issuance and listing of the First
Eurobonds Mutual Fund($10M) listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange and Wealth for Women Mutual Fund, the first gender focused mutual fund listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange.
Before joining United Capital Plc, He was the CEO/MD of Chapel Hill Denham Securities where he was responsible for Strategy, Leadership, Product development and Customer relationship management. He led the firm to rank among the Top 10 brokerage firms responsible for over 70% of market trades with 4% market share. Prior to that, he was the CEO/MD of RenCap Securities (Nigeria) Limited a fully owned subsidiary of Renaissance Capital Plc. At RenCap Securities he was responsible for Customer relationship management, Trading, Management reports, Budgets and clients acquisition.
In 2008, prior to joining RenCap, he was the Head of Securities Trading at Afrinvest West Africa Ltd where he was responsible for Fixed Income and Equities Transactions across African markets for International and domestic institutional clients. He was also involved in several landmark transactions including the first Global Depository Receipts (GDR) transaction on the floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange, Nigerian International Debt Fund, Reverse GDR trades etc. Prior to this, he was with Dominion Trust Limited where he started his career in 1994.
He is a Fellow and Council Member of the Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers (FCS), Member of the Institute of Directors (IOD), Fellow of Association of Investment Advisers and Portfolio Managers and Associate of the Certified Pension Institute of Nigeria.
He completed the Oxford Business School Advanced Management Program (AMP) in 2007, Master in International Law and Diplomacy in 2004 from the University of Lagos and the Lagos Business School Senior Management Programme in 2001. He has a BSc. degree from the University of Lagos in 1992.
Akintunde is the CEO of Global Credit Rating Company Ltd, Nigeria (GCR). Prior to GCR, he was a vice president at Moody’s Investors Service, focusing on African credit risk and has also held senior analytical positions at HSBC Investment Bank, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank and UniCredit Bank AG.
Akintunde is a CFA charterholder and has a BA in Economics from Leeds University Business School and an MSc in Management from Bayes Business School.
Chinwe Egwim is an Executive-level Economist with a track record of award-winning performances focused on economic intelligence, development and inclusion. She is currently the Chief Economist and Head, Economic Research/Intelligence at Coronation Merchant Bank. Her diverse corporate experience includes short and long-term forecasting, strategic planning, and market outlooks. It also provides valuable perspectives for corporate boards, cultivates partnerships and enhances structures that produce optimal business results. Chinwe currently has 700+ published economic notes under her belt. Her contributions have supported high-level committees’ setup by development agencies and reputable think-tanks. She was appointed as a National Consultant by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa to lead the services trade project partly driven by UNCTAD, she successfully led the UNECA National Seminar on global and regional value chain analysis for the financial services sector and produced a policy document which serves as auxiliary resource for the African Continental Free Trade Area agreement. She is frequently pulled in to give expert advice on economic trends across print and visual media. Her book Understanding Economic “Jargon”. has ranked as a bestseller in Education Leadership on Amazon. She is an advocate for women empowerment and has published series of papers used for gender equality advocacy. Chinwe has received several reputable recognitions and awards for her work as an Economist and has been featured on the cover pages of multiple business-driven magazines.
Ifeoma is a Credit and Risk management professional with over 27 years experience in the financial sector. She commenced her Banking Career with international Merchant Bank and subsequently worked at MBC international, First Bank, Stanbic Bank and UBA. Her work experience covers Internal Audit, Corporate Finance, Credit Evaluation and Origination, Foreign Operations and Risk Management. She currently works as Group Head, Environmental Social and Governance Risk at the Bank of Industry.
She graduated from the Accountancy Department of the University of Nigeria and also an alumnus of the Lagos Business school. She is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria and a member of several other professional bodies including Chartered Risk Management institute of Nigeria, Sustainability Professionals Institute of Nigeria and Institute of Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability Professionals.
Sophie Masipa is an entrepreneur, marketing and communications specialist and speaker.
Sophie Masipa is the Co-Founder and CEO of MwunganoESG, the first a pan-African ESG specialist consultancy that assists local and international organisations to develop a curated holistic communications approach to ESG, and to have a sustainable, more prosperous and inclusive African economy.
Sophie is Founder of Kgommuu International, an environmental infrastructure development and investment company that aims to bridge the blue economy, circular economy, technology, and inclusive industrialisation.
Sophie also is the Founder of Fikira Consulting, a pan-African consultancy specializing in strategic brand and communications, market-entry as well as philanthropy consulting.
Prior to returning to her entrepreneurial endeavors in 2018, Sophie was the Head of Communications and Media Relations at the Mo Ibrahim Foundation. She has also occupied various brand and marketing positions within Brand South Africa Unilever, Colgate-Palmolive and Nedbank. She has solid experience and track record in areas of marketing, branding and communications.
Sophie is a non-Executive Director of Ocean Hub Africa. She is the Southern and East Africa Associate for the World Ocean Council. She sits on the Advisory Board of Africa Communications Week. She is a member of AfroChampions, the ULTRAMARINE Community, Women in Sustainability, the African Circular Economy Network, Africa 2.0 and the African Leadership Network.
Sophie was named one of the Top 100 Most Influential People of African Descent under 40 in the Diaspora under the Governance and Politics Category. She is a Crans Montana Forum New Leader for Tomorrow
She is passionate about African development.
Iker is an Analyst in the Moody’s EMEA Corporate Finance Group based in Dubai. He covers a diversified industry portfolio, with exposure in Turkey, Africa, and the Middle East.
He joined Moody’s Dubai office in 2022, and previously worked as an associate analyst in the Moody’s London office covering the leveraged finance industry with exposure to Business and Consumer Services, Healthcare, Airlines and Aerospace & Defense. Before that, he spent 2 years working in the consulting industry in Spain.
Iker holds a Masters Degree in Investment Management from Henley Business School. He also holds a BSc in Business Management from the University of Deusto and is a CFA charterholder since 2018.
Isabella Burke is a Vice President Relationship Manager for Africa and is based in Johannesburg, South Africa. Isabella’s responsibilities encompass increasing coverage and revenue from new and existing customers in Southern and West Africa. Prior to joining Moody’s Investors Service, Isabella was covering South Africa as Business Development Manager for a London based hedge fund manager. She was tasked with introducing long-only and hedged solutions into the South African market. Isabella has a great depth and breadth of knowledge of capital markets ,having previously worked at Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan, Credit Suisse and Investec. Isabella studied at King’s College, London and is fluent in Italian and has basic French.
Mik Kabeya is a Vice President - Senior Analyst in the Financial Institutions Group, based in London. Mik primarily covers financial institutions based across the African continent. Prior to relocating to London in 2021,
Mik was based in Dubai where he covered financial institutions based in the Middle East. Before joining Moody’s, Mik worked in capital markets at BNP Paribas and in credit risk at Fullerton Financial Holdings. Mik graduated from ICHEC BrusselsManagement School. He is fluent in English, French and Dutch.
Ighosime is an AVP Analyst in the EMEA FIG Banking team at Moody’s in London and will help with the execution of Moody’s strategy in Africa by enhancing local and international investors’ outreach as well as relationships with various stakeholders in Nigeria. He spent the majority of the last sixteen years in investment banking, working with and advising large corporations, financial institutions and international investors across the continent, particularly in Nigeria and Ghana. Prior to joining Moody’s, he was an Executive Director in the Lagos office of Lion’s Head Global Partners, a boutique investment bank and asset manager operating across frontier and emerging markets. Before this he led growth and strategy at African Leadership University, Mauritius an innovative education company looking to grow the next generation of leaders. Ighosime also spent over seven years with Chapel Hill Denham, the leading independent investment bank and asset manager in Nigeria, completing several landmark capital markets and corporate deals in Nigeria.
Ighosime has an MBA with distinction from the University of Manchester, UK, and graduated with a Bachelors in Business Administration at the George Washington University, Washington DC. Beyond work, he is interested in photography, horology, football, basketball and Formula 1.
Lucie is the lead analyst for several Sub-Saharan African sovereigns and supranational issuers and is a senior member of Moody’s Africa Sovereign Ratings team. Prior to January 2015, she covered a variety of advanced and emerging market European sovereign credits, having joined the Sovereign Risk Group in early 2011 from Moody’s Sub-Sovereign Group.
Prior to joining Moody’s in 2007, Lucie spent two years at the French Ministry of Finance in the Forecast division, responsible for projections and analyses of France’s government finances.
Lucie holds a postgraduate degree in Probability and Statistics from a French Engineering School (ENSAI) and a Master’s degree in Economics from the Panthéon-Sorbonne University in Paris.
Isabella Burke is a Vice President Relationship Manager for Africa and is based in Johannesburg, South Africa. Isabella’s responsibilities encompass increasing coverage and revenue from new and existing customers in Southern and West Africa. Prior to joining Moody’s Investors Service, Isabella was covering South Africa as Business Development Manager for a London based hedge fund manager. She was tasked with introducing long-only and hedged solutions into the South African market. Isabella has a great depth and breadth of knowledge of capital markets ,having previously worked at Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan, Credit Suisse and Investec. Isabella studied at King’s College, London and is fluent in Italian and has basic French.
Mik Kabeya is a Vice President - Senior Analyst in the Financial Institutions Group, based in London. Mik primarily covers financial institutions based across the African continent. Prior to relocating to London in 2021,
Mik was based in Dubai where he covered financial institutions based in the Middle East. Before joining Moody’s, Mik worked in capital markets at BNP Paribas and in credit risk at Fullerton Financial Holdings. Mik graduated from ICHEC BrusselsManagement School. He is fluent in English, French and Dutch.
Lucie is the lead analyst for several Sub-Saharan African sovereigns and supranational issuers and is a senior member of Moody’s Africa Sovereign Ratings team. Prior to January 2015, she covered a variety of advanced and emerging market European sovereign credits, having joined the Sovereign Risk Group in early 2011 from Moody’s Sub-Sovereign Group.
Prior to joining Moody’s in 2007, Lucie spent two years at the French Ministry of Finance in the Forecast division, responsible for projections and analyses of France’s government finances.
Lucie holds a postgraduate degree in Probability and Statistics from a French Engineering School (ENSAI) and a Master’s degree in Economics from the Panthéon-Sorbonne University in Paris.
Chinwe Egwim is an Executive-level Economist with a track record of award-winning performances focused on economic intelligence, development and inclusion. She is currently the Chief Economist and Head, Economic Research/Intelligence at Coronation Merchant Bank. Her diverse corporate experience includes short and long-term forecasting, strategic planning, and market outlooks. It also provides valuable perspectives for corporate boards, cultivates partnerships and enhances structures that produce optimal business results. Chinwe currently has 700+ published economic notes under her belt. Her contributions have supported high-level committees’ setup by development agencies and reputable think-tanks. She was appointed as a National Consultant by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa to lead the services trade project partly driven by UNCTAD, she successfully led the UNECA National Seminar on global and regional value chain analysis for the financial services sector and produced a policy document which serves as auxiliary resource for the African Continental Free Trade Area agreement. She is frequently pulled in to give expert advice on economic trends across print and visual media. Her book Understanding Economic “Jargon”. has ranked as a bestseller in Education Leadership on Amazon. She is an advocate for women empowerment and has published series of papers used for gender equality advocacy. Chinwe has received several reputable recognitions and awards for her work as an Economist and has been featured on the cover pages of multiple business-driven magazines.
Bolaji is Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Chapel Hill Denham and Chief Investment Officer of the Nigeria Infrastructure Debt Fund. He has over thirty-three years of experience in investment banking, investment management, investing and mobile telecommunications. Chapel Hill Denham is Nigeria’s leading investment bank and its leading alternatives investment manager and impact investment firm with funds in Infrastructure, Real Estate, Renewables, Gender and Venture.
Prior to Chapel Hill, Bolaji spent over ten years with FCMB Group, in investment banking and securities trading, leaving in January 2001. From April 1993 to January 2001, he was Executive Director/Chief Operating Officer at CSL Stockbrokers Limited. Bolaji was Executive Director at FCMB Capital Markets from January 1996. He left FCMB Capital Markets in January 2001, to be a co-founder and Director of Econet Wireless Nigeria, now Airtel Nigeria. Bolaji led the capital raising and license bid auction for Econet Wireless Nigeria’s USD285 million GSM license. He was Chief Business Development & Strategy Officer and was appointed Chief Marketing Officer in October 2001. The US1.67 billion sale of Econet Wireless to Celtel in 2005, remains Nigeria’s single largest successfully exited private investment. Bolaji left mobile telecommunications and returned to financial services when he founded Chapel Hill in 2005.
Bolaji is the only private sector member of the Steering Committee responsible for Nigeria’s Integrated National Financing Framework. He is Co-Chair of the Private Sector Advisory Group on the SDGs, Vice Chairman of Endeavor Nigeria and a Director of Trustfund Pensions. He is a former Chairman of Lafarge Africa Plc and Nahco FTZ Limited, a former Director of Nahco Aviance Plc and NASD Plc. Bolaji was appointed to the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, Africa Advisory Board in September 2009.
Bolaji is an Economics (Honours) graduate of the London School of Economics and was educated at Charterhouse, Godalming, Surrey, United Kingdom and at Igbobi College.
Mr. Chiemeka has over twenty-eight (28) years of professional experience in Securities Trading and Asset Management across markets in Africa. He joined The Nigerian Stock Exchange as Divisional Head of Trading Business in February, 2019 and is now the Divisional Head of Capital Markets in Nigeria Exchange Limited. Before joining the Exchange, he worked with United Capital Securities Limited, a subsidiary of United Capital Plc. As the MD/CEO of United Capital Securities Limited, he championed the first cross broader trading under the West African Capital Market Integration initiative and was also responsible for Strategy, Market penetration, Product development and Client Management. He also championed the issuance and listing of the First
Eurobonds Mutual Fund($10M) listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange and Wealth for Women Mutual Fund, the first gender focused mutual fund listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange.
Before joining United Capital Plc, He was the CEO/MD of Chapel Hill Denham Securities where he was responsible for Strategy, Leadership, Product development and Customer relationship management. He led the firm to rank among the Top 10 brokerage firms responsible for over 70% of market trades with 4% market share. Prior to that, he was the CEO/MD of RenCap Securities (Nigeria) Limited a fully owned subsidiary of Renaissance Capital Plc. At RenCap Securities he was responsible for Customer relationship management, Trading, Management reports, Budgets and clients acquisition.
In 2008, prior to joining RenCap, he was the Head of Securities Trading at Afrinvest West Africa Ltd where he was responsible for Fixed Income and Equities Transactions across African markets for International and domestic institutional clients. He was also involved in several landmark transactions including the first Global Depository Receipts (GDR) transaction on the floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange, Nigerian International Debt Fund, Reverse GDR trades etc. Prior to this, he was with Dominion Trust Limited where he started his career in 1994.
He is a Fellow and Council Member of the Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers (FCS), Member of the Institute of Directors (IOD), Fellow of Association of Investment Advisers and Portfolio Managers and Associate of the Certified Pension Institute of Nigeria.
He completed the Oxford Business School Advanced Management Program (AMP) in 2007, Master in International Law and Diplomacy in 2004 from the University of Lagos and the Lagos Business School Senior Management Programme in 2001. He has a BSc. degree from the University of Lagos in 1992.
Mik Kabeya is a Vice President - Senior Analyst in the Financial Institutions Group, based in London. Mik primarily covers financial institutions based across the African continent. Prior to relocating to London in 2021,
Mik was based in Dubai where he covered financial institutions based in the Middle East. Before joining Moody’s, Mik worked in capital markets at BNP Paribas and in credit risk at Fullerton Financial Holdings. Mik graduated from ICHEC BrusselsManagement School. He is fluent in English, French and Dutch.
Akintunde is the CEO of Global Credit Rating Company Ltd, Nigeria (GCR). Prior to GCR, he was a vice president at Moody’s Investors Service, focusing on African credit risk and has also held senior analytical positions at HSBC Investment Bank, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank and UniCredit Bank AG.
Akintunde is a CFA charterholder and has a BA in Economics from Leeds University Business School and an MSc in Management from Bayes Business School.
Iker is an Analyst in the Moody’s EMEA Corporate Finance Group based in Dubai. He covers a diversified industry portfolio, with exposure in Turkey, Africa, and the Middle East.
He joined Moody’s Dubai office in 2022, and previously worked as an associate analyst in the Moody’s London office covering the leveraged finance industry with exposure to Business and Consumer Services, Healthcare, Airlines and Aerospace & Defense. Before that, he spent 2 years working in the consulting industry in Spain.
Iker holds a Masters Degree in Investment Management from Henley Business School. He also holds a BSc in Business Management from the University of Deusto and is a CFA charterholder since 2018.
Ighosime is an AVP Analyst in the EMEA FIG Banking team at Moody’s in London and will help with the execution of Moody’s strategy in Africa by enhancing local and international investors’ outreach as well as relationships with various stakeholders in Nigeria. He spent the majority of the last sixteen years in investment banking, working with and advising large corporations, financial institutions and international investors across the continent, particularly in Nigeria and Ghana. Prior to joining Moody’s, he was an Executive Director in the Lagos office of Lion’s Head Global Partners, a boutique investment bank and asset manager operating across frontier and emerging markets. Before this he led growth and strategy at African Leadership University, Mauritius an innovative education company looking to grow the next generation of leaders. Ighosime also spent over seven years with Chapel Hill Denham, the leading independent investment bank and asset manager in Nigeria, completing several landmark capital markets and corporate deals in Nigeria.
Ighosime has an MBA with distinction from the University of Manchester, UK, and graduated with a Bachelors in Business Administration at the George Washington University, Washington DC. Beyond work, he is interested in photography, horology, football, basketball and Formula 1.
Mik Kabeya is a Vice President - Senior Analyst in the Financial Institutions Group, based in London. Mik primarily covers financial institutions based across the African continent. Prior to relocating to London in 2021,
Mik was based in Dubai where he covered financial institutions based in the Middle East. Before joining Moody’s, Mik worked in capital markets at BNP Paribas and in credit risk at Fullerton Financial Holdings. Mik graduated from ICHEC BrusselsManagement School. He is fluent in English, French and Dutch.
Sophie Masipa is an entrepreneur, marketing and communications specialist and speaker.
Sophie Masipa is the Co-Founder and CEO of MwunganoESG, the first a pan-African ESG specialist consultancy that assists local and international organisations to develop a curated holistic communications approach to ESG, and to have a sustainable, more prosperous and inclusive African economy.
Sophie is Founder of Kgommuu International, an environmental infrastructure development and investment company that aims to bridge the blue economy, circular economy, technology, and inclusive industrialisation.
Sophie also is the Founder of Fikira Consulting, a pan-African consultancy specializing in strategic brand and communications, market-entry as well as philanthropy consulting.
Prior to returning to her entrepreneurial endeavors in 2018, Sophie was the Head of Communications and Media Relations at the Mo Ibrahim Foundation. She has also occupied various brand and marketing positions within Brand South Africa Unilever, Colgate-Palmolive and Nedbank. She has solid experience and track record in areas of marketing, branding and communications.
Sophie is a non-Executive Director of Ocean Hub Africa. She is the Southern and East Africa Associate for the World Ocean Council. She sits on the Advisory Board of Africa Communications Week. She is a member of AfroChampions, the ULTRAMARINE Community, Women in Sustainability, the African Circular Economy Network, Africa 2.0 and the African Leadership Network.
Sophie was named one of the Top 100 Most Influential People of African Descent under 40 in the Diaspora under the Governance and Politics Category. She is a Crans Montana Forum New Leader for Tomorrow
She is passionate about African development.
Ifeoma is a Credit and Risk management professional with over 27 years experience in the financial sector. She commenced her Banking Career with international Merchant Bank and subsequently worked at MBC international, First Bank, Stanbic Bank and UBA. Her work experience covers Internal Audit, Corporate Finance, Credit Evaluation and Origination, Foreign Operations and Risk Management. She currently works as Group Head, Environmental Social and Governance Risk at the Bank of Industry.
She graduated from the Accountancy Department of the University of Nigeria and also an alumnus of the Lagos Business school. She is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria and a member of several other professional bodies including Chartered Risk Management institute of Nigeria, Sustainability Professionals Institute of Nigeria and Institute of Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability Professionals.
Lucie is the lead analyst for several Sub-Saharan African sovereigns and supranational issuers and is a senior member of Moody’s Africa Sovereign Ratings team. Prior to January 2015, she covered a variety of advanced and emerging market European sovereign credits, having joined the Sovereign Risk Group in early 2011 from Moody’s Sub-Sovereign Group.
Prior to joining Moody’s in 2007, Lucie spent two years at the French Ministry of Finance in the Forecast division, responsible for projections and analyses of France’s government finances.
Lucie holds a postgraduate degree in Probability and Statistics from a French Engineering School (ENSAI) and a Master’s degree in Economics from the Panthéon-Sorbonne University in Paris.
Isabella Burke is a Vice President Relationship Manager for Africa and is based in Johannesburg, South Africa. Isabella’s responsibilities encompass increasing coverage and revenue from new and existing customers in Southern and West Africa. Prior to joining Moody’s Investors Service, Isabella was covering South Africa as Business Development Manager for a London based hedge fund manager. She was tasked with introducing long-only and hedged solutions into the South African market. Isabella has a great depth and breadth of knowledge of capital markets ,having previously worked at Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan, Credit Suisse and Investec. Isabella studied at King’s College, London and is fluent in Italian and has basic French.