Profile Of Acting CBN Governor, Adebisi Shonubi

Following the suspension of Godwin Emefiele as Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, President Bola Tinubu has appointed Mr. Folashodun Adebisi Shonubi as acting CBN Governor.

Already, office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) asked the suspended CBN Governor, Mr Emefiele to hand over to Shonubi, who was until his appointment Deputy Governor of CBN (Operations Directorate)

Former President, Muhammadu Buhari approved the nomination of Mr. Shonubi as Deputy Governor at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in June 2018 and he resumed office on the 17th of October under the Operations Directorate.

Shonubi holds a double Masters Degree respectively in Business Administration and Mechanical Engineering, from the University of Lagos.

Prior to his appointment as Deputy Governor in the Central Bank of Nigeria, he was the Managing Director/CEO of the Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System PLC from 2012 – 2018.

Prior to his appointment as the Managing Director NIBSS PLC, Mr. Shonubi was Executive Director, Information Technology and Operations at Union Bank of Nigeria Plc; a member of the Board of Union Homes, and Director, Information Technology and Corporate Services at Renaissance Securities Nigeria Limited, with responsibility for the Group’s IT infrastructure in Africa

Between 1999 and 2007, he worked in MBC International as Deputy General Manager and supervised their IT operational platforms, served in First City Monument Bank Limited as Vice President and in Ecobank Nigeria Limited as Executive Director.

Mr. Shonubi also had a stint with Citibank Nigeria Limited as its Head, Treasury Operations (1990-1993).