Remi BAFALOLA,

Banker, Administrator

BiSc;banker, administrator; b: September 8,1964;so: Oyo; ed: Prospect High School, Ibadan; Oyo State College of Arts and Science; Universityof Ibadan; University ofLagos; en Auditor Consult, Training/Development Staff, ArthurAndersen; PriceWater House;General Manager,Zenith Bank; Financial Controller/Chief Strategist, First Bank, 2001; DeputyGeneral Manager/Divisional Head,Corporate Planning and Group Coordination, First Bank; Executive Dir., First Bank; Minister of StateforFinance, since2007;attended WestAfricanbasicAccountingCourse, Lagos,1988;FirmwideAudit StaffTraining School, Segovia,Spain, 1989; AuditSeniorTrainingSchool;professional Education Centre,ArthurAndersen &CO, Eindhoven, Netherlands, 1990; SeniorManagement Course, Citibank, Nairobi, Kenya, 1993;TotalQualityManagement, Lagos' BusinessSchool, 1995; AdvancedCreditAnalysisCourse,Agusto& Co., 1996; Competitive StrategyProgramme, instead,Fontainbleau, France, 2003;Leading Charge & Organizational Renewal, Stanford Graduate School of Business, USA, 2003; Developing Strategy for Value Creation, London Business School, UK,2004;MakingCorporate Boardsmoreeffective,Harvard Business School, 2007;mm: Institute ofDirectors (IOD); Honorary rriem Chartered Instituteof Bankers ofNigeria C1BN;Assoc mem, Chartered Institute ofTaxation of Nigeria (CITN); Assoc mem: Commonwealth Business Council, CBC; World EconomicForum & IMF,World Bank Programme ofSeminars;off: Officeofthe MinisterofState,Federal MinistryofFinance, Abuja.