NWOSU, Engr. Kevin Okey

Date of Birth: Monday (Nkwo) 20"'"« State of Origin: Imo Local Government Area: Orlu Contact Address: 1A, Lugard Avenue, lkoyi Lagos P.O. Box 71388, Victoria Island, Lagos. Contact Telephone: 234-1-4618785, 234-1-2693922,34-1-2622497 Kevin Okey Nwosu is an embodiment of many top professional skills and gifts. He is a versatile professional with energy and competence to move things around. He is an engineer, a trained accountant, an auditor, a Management Consultant. Bank image maker and a learned solicitor. He is efficient in all the areas of trade he puts his hands on. Education • University of Benin B.Sc Petroleum Engineering L' Class (Hons) 1985 • University of Port Harcourt M.Sc Eng. 1987 • University of Lagos MBA in 1993 Career History and Job Experience • National Youth Service Corps Engineer 1985-1986 • Field Engineer at Dowell Schlumberger Ltd Port Harcourt. August 1985 - January' 1987 .His duties included Management of cementing and pumping jobs and operation of equipment at old prospecting locations. Liaison with Client Management and Supervision of Trainee Field Engineers. Arthur Anderson & Co Lagos,as Senior Auditor and Business Advisory Unit 1987 - 1990. He performed the following duties - Provision ol" Financial Consulting and Auditing Services to clients in especially Oil Gas and the Banking Industries. Project Evaluations Cash flow forecasts. Purchase Investigation and Proposal Presentation. Evaluation Systems of Accounting and Internal Controls, including design and installations of Accounting systems, Training of Personnel from bank and other industries on basic accounting and other related fields. Diamond Bank Ltd, January 1991- October 1992 as Manager/Head of Financial Control and Strategic Planning. His line of duties includes Start up activities for the bank, including setting up of the bank's full Financial and Management Reporting System. Handled Installation and Implementation of a front office fully integrated Banking System featuring on-line read-time Network. In-chargc of Systems Personnel. Credit Administration and Independent Control Functions. Set up and Implementation of a robust Management Profitability Reporting System. Effectively handled Liaison with CBN and other regulatory Bodies including liaison with external auditors and preparation of annual reports and reports to the Chief Executive on the state of the Bank's profit- ability and strategies for Medium-Long Term directions of the bank • Aba Branch as Substantive Manager November 1992 - May 1995 • Senior Manager/Group Head, in-charge of Transport and Aviation Group from June 1995 - September 1996 • Assistant General Manager/Branch Manager Victoria Island Branch with these duties. Relationship Management and Credit Appraisals for Customers of the Branch, Co-ordination of Marketing Functions and Development of New Markets/Products • Promoted Deputy General Manager (Regional Manager) Lagos Island Region June 1997 - June 1999- overseeing the business of Branches within the region, including Personnel Administration and Operational Issues and Membership of key committees of the Bank. • Promoted Substantive General Manager/ Head of Regional Business up country 1999 - July 2002. Given enormous responsibility, eg. Setting up the strategic direction for all regions in the Division, overall responsibility for relationship management for key customers in the Regions: Key Risk Management Initiatives to ensure Proper Risk Asset Portfolio. Managing the credit and Marketing Personnel administration and other operational issues in the region. Identify and setting out strategics for branch expansion and business development and overall responsibility for Credit and Relationship Management for the regions in the North and West Regional Business Area. August 2002 - date, at the helm of Affairs of the First Atlantic Bank Pic now First Inland Bank Pic. Staff Development Courses attended • Arthur Anderson Firm wide Audit Staff Training School Spain ( September 1987) • Profit Improvement Programme Arthur Anderson Lagos ( February 1989) • Business Advisory School for In-charge Arthur Anderson Eindhoven Netherlands ( July 1990) • Senior Development School Arthur Anderson July 1991 • Basic Credit Course Lagos July 27. 1992 - August 10. 1992 • Practical Techniques of Shipping Finance . Euro money Training London August 1995 • Micro banker Implementation Workshop Bombay India July - August 1991 • Senior Management Programme 4, Lagos Business School April-August 1996 • Preparing your Organisation for the future IESE Barcelona September 1996 • Trade Products Seminar. Citibank New York. Lagos November 1998 • Branch Banking Conference. International Conference Group London October 1999 • Advance Management Programme 1NSEAD . Fontainebleau. Jan- Feb 2000 .Membership of Professional Bodies • Member. Institute of Chartered Accountants Nigeria • Member. Nigeria Institute of" Management Chartered) Member. Society of Petroleum Engineers His core areas of competence are Risk Management. Relationship Building and Management Strategic Planning. Financial Control & Profitability Planning and finally. Project Planning. Co-ordination and Management. He is a devoted Christian and a responsible family man.