It is no longer news that President Muhammadu Buhari has nominated
Edward Adamu as the Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN.
Adamu, who is 57 years, hails from Kaltungo Local Government Area in Gombe State.
He holds a Quantity Surveying degree from the Ahmadu Bello University
(ABU), Zaria, and is a Fellow of the Nigerian Institute of Quantity
Surveyors.
He also holds postgraduate professional certifications in corporate
strategy development and execution, performance management, programme
& project management and knowledge management.
Adamu is a fellow of the Institute of Credit Administration of
Nigeria and has acquired skill-sets in strategic leadership, central
banking, finance, human resources, organisational transformation, risk
management, budgeting and cost management, construction management,
records management, communications and relationship management, coaching
and mentoring and procurement through a variety of Wharton School USA,
INSEAD France, Chicago Booth & IMD Switzerland courses and practical
experience.
He is also a frequent presenter at professional conferences, seminars
and symposia, especially in the areas of leadership, human capital
management, project management, construction, strategy and risk
management.
Adamu is in addition an active member of other professional bodies
such as the the Project Management Institute, USA; International
Knowledge Management Institute, USA; International Society for
Performance Improvement, USA; and the Association of Project Managers,
UK.
In 2012, he was appointed Director of the Strategy Management
Department of the CBN in recognition of his depth of operational
knowledge of the Bank’s mandate and core responsibilities as well as the
breadth of CBN’s strategy implementation experience.
As the Director of Strategy, he was also a member of the Monetary
Policy Implementation Committee and the Financial Services Regulatory
Coordination Committee, as well as an observer at the Monetary Policy
Committee (MPC) meetings.
In 2016, Adamu was appointed Director, Human Resources Department of
the Bank to give effect to the human resources transformation programme
initiated during his role as Director, Strategy Management.