Yesufu Seyyid Momoh Abdullahi

Biographical record

Surname

Abdullahi

First Name

Yesufu

Other Names

Seyyid Momoh

Gender

Male

Number of Children (Male)

3

Number of Children ( Female)

1

Profession

Economist

Schools Attended with Dates

McGill Univ., Montreal, Canada; Teaching Asst., McGill Univ. Canada, 1965-69; Consultant, Uniroyal Limited, Canada, 1968-69; Asst. Prof. of Economics, Dawson College, Montreal, Canada and Sessional Lecturer, Sir George Williams Univ. Montreal, Canada.

Educational Qualification

B.Comm; MA, Ph.D

Previous Appointments

Appointed Technical Assistant to the Executive Director for Africa Group I, World Bank Group, 1971-73; Advisor to the Executive Director and Temporary Alternate Executive Director for Africa Group I, World Bank Group, 1973-78; Chairman, Joint Secretariat of the African Executive Directors, World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, 1975-77; Alternate Executive Director for Africa Group I, World Bank Group, 1978- 80; Minister (Economic Affairs), Embassy of Nigeria, Washington, DC. USA, 1979-82; Executive Director for Africa Group I, World Bank Group, 1980-82; Vice-Chairman, Joint Audit Committee, Executive Board of the World Bank Group; Managing Director and Chief Executive, Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria, January- August, 1983; Director- General and Chief Executive Officer, OPEC Fund for International Development, 1983; member, Representing Nigeria on the Development Committee, Task Force on Non- Concessional Aid Flow to Developing Countries 1979-81; member, World Bank Executive Director Committee on Staff Compensation

Have you ever been a member of any political party?

N/A

Hobbies

Sports, reading, photography, listening to music

Official Address

c/o The OPEC Fund for International Development, PO Box 995, 1011, Vienna, Austria