10 Key Things To Know About New CBN Gov, Olayemi Cardoso

Dr. Olayemi Cardoso has been nominated by President Bola Tinubu to become the next Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).

This announcement was made by Ajuri Ngelale, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, on Friday.

Cardoso’s nomination is for a five-year term, pending the confirmation by the Senate.

Below are major things to know about Cardoso:

Olayemi Micheal Cardoso is an astute Nigerian banker, chartered stockbroker and public policy maker.

Cardoso served as the Commissioner for the Lagos State Ministry of Economic Planning and Budget when President Bola Tinubu governed Lagos.

He holds a Bachelor of Science in Managerial and Administrative Studies from Aston University, Birmingham, England, where he obtained a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) degree.

He has a Master’s degree in Public Administration from the Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, the United States.

Cardoso was chairman of the board of Citibank Nigeria.

He became a member of the Cities Alliance’s Africa Think Tank Group, a group created to solve urban development challenges.

He has served as a board member of MRS Oil and was the chairman of the board of EFinA.

Cardoso is a member of the advisory board of Lagos Business School and chairman of the board of the African Venture Philanthropy Alliance.

He is the founding chairman and co-chair of Ehingbeti Summit, the Lagos State Economic Summit.

He is also a former executive lead at the Harvard Kennedy School Alumni Association.