Research-informed professional practice.
Expert Consultant
Centre for Gender Economics Africa (CGE-Africa)
- Resource person and guest speaker at a gender-responsive budget drafting workshop for the Nigerian Correctional Service, organised by CGE-Africa with the MacArthur Foundation, July 2024 (20 participants).
- Engaged with women in fisheries and aquaculture on the outcome of research on enhancing female capabilities in Aquaculture, June 2024 (60 participants).
- Technical Planning Committee, 2026 annual conference of the Gender and Blue Economy Working Group
Guest Facilitator
Mafobil Consulting Ltd
- Developed professional and soft-skills training materials for clients in hospitality, finance, and oil and gas.
- Facilitated training on credit risk management, loan restructuring, credit policy development, delegation, and middle-management responsibilities.
Microfinance & credit leadership
Head of Credit and Risk
ARISE Microfinance Bank Ltd
- Developed a credit risk management handbook to guide credit policies and operational processes; oversaw loan approval processes and portfolio monitoring.
- Executed rigorous credit evaluation strategies for women-led businesses and group loans, which successfully raised the bank's healthy portfolio by 50% while maintaining delinquency below the regulatory benchmark.
- Engineered the social impact influence of micro-lending by delivering practical training on financial literacy, cash, and debt management strategies to transform credit access to sustainable business operations
- Developed a routine comprehensive training for credit and business operation staff on risk culture, group loans exposures, and portfolio safety to enhance field-level underwriting accuracy.
Head of Credit
NNEW Women Microfinance Bank Ltd
- Developed a credit risk management handbook to guide credit policies and operational processes; oversaw loan approval processes and portfolio monitoring.
- Instrumental in digitalizing banking operations through high-level team dialogue with ICT and partner commercial banks
- Engineered the social impact influence of micro-lending by delivering practical training on financial literacy, cash, and debt management strategies to transform credit access to sustainable business operations
- Developed a routine comprehensive training for credit and business operation staff on risk culture, group loans exposures, and portfolio safety to enhance field-level underwriting accuracy.
Credit Risk Analyst
Mutual Benefits Microfinance Bank Ltd
- Developed a systematic framework for evaluating loan requests, verifying group validity, and ensuring strict adherence to internal credit policies and external regulations
- Maintained thorough oversight of branch-level loans, tracked delinquency, and executed prompt recovery plan to keep up with the banks’ portfolio at risk thresholds.
- Reconciled customer-account discrepancies and trained borrowing groups in financial discipline and financial management.
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