Prince Chukwuma Kalu (Certified Expert Microinsurance, MCSI, FCCA)

Focused on accelerating your transition journey to become Net Zero. We are a climate-tech and risk management company providing governments and corporates with specialised Climate Risk Disaster Finance and Insurance (CRDFI) solutions.

1. Lead the Group’s transformative business agenda, defining market positioning in order to create competitive edge and creating sizeable income/revenue streams in the Agribusiness markets and value-chain. 2. Developed all existing Agribusiness Products/Business and crafted Market Road-Maps towards achieving new business growth objectives of contributing 20 % of the company’s gross premium over a 3 – 5 years’ time frame. 3. Developed and Managed key Public and Private sector Strategic Relationships (i.e. Central Bank of Nigeria, NIRSAL, AFEX Commodity Exchange, Lapo microfinance bank, Cellulant, NIBSS, Systems Specs, Interswitch, Guaranty Trust Bank amongst others) critical in building and managing new agribusinesses as well as mobile-based channels for distributing of agriculture insurance products to the agricultural last mile. 4. Liaise with sponsors, project developers, investors, project preparation facilities and other stakeholders for agribusiness acceleration and use of Agtech remote satellite sensing technologies. 5. Awareness generation, Capacity Building and training of aggregators, financial institutions, extension service providers, distribution partners, farmer cooperatives.

1. Provide executive assistance to the Group Managing Director in the formulation and execution of the company’s vision, current and long range objectives, planning and policies. 2. Support the Group Managing Director in the provision of key information to various internal and external stakeholders as regards regulatory issues, market trends, competitive environment, business performance and other pertinent issues. 3. Review business and project plans, activity status report, financial statements and undertake technical analysis and oversee various time-critical assignments.

On Secondment as CFO to Degeconek Nigeria Limited 1. Oversee all accounts, ledgers, and reporting systems ensuring compliance with appropriate accounting standards and regulatory requirements. 2. Maintain internal control and safeguards for receipt of revenue, costs, and program budgets and actual expenditures. 3. Coordinate all audit activity. 4. Consistently analyze financial data and present financial reports in an accurate and timely manner; clearly communicate monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements; monitor progress and changes and keep senior leadership abreast of Degeconek profits and financial status; 5. Oversee all financial, project/program and grants accounting; ensure that expenditures are consistently aligned with project/ program budgets throughout the fund period. 6. Manage organizational cash flow forecasting by working in partnership with the project programs. 7. Manage and track the performance of invested assets in keeping with policies and investment guidelines

1. Have oversight function on all Currencies activities 2. Ensure compliance with various limits by all Currencies Dealers 3. Deepen the company’s interbank trading for visibility and profit 4. Negotiate and transact FOREX deals (swaps, forwards. etc) with correspondent banks and co-ordinate settlement. 5. Monitor and analyze development in the environment and their implications on FOREX deals for management information 6. Manage the bank’s open position. 7. Liaise with Regulatory Authorities and other market participants forging and implementing market development initiatives 8. Procure appropriate IT platform for trading and risk management 9. Coach/Mentor subordinates on deal structuring and trading.

Job Description – Team Lead, Maritime Activities- Public Sector SBU 1. Relationship management of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) and Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) accounts maintained in Afribank Plc. 2. Monitoring, reconciliation and maintenance of approved government fees, charges and levy payments made by Oil Majors, Chatterers and Shipping companies into the above-mentioned government agencies’ accounts in line with government approved guidelines. 3. Developing areas of strategic business interests and partnership between the relevant maritime government agencies and the bank in order to boost government revenue and liability generation for the bank . 4. Provision of fund management functions and investment opportunities on behalf of NPA and NIMASA. 5. Working in tandem with relevant government policy reform in line with Local Content Act and Cabotage regime to set up credible financing structures within the bank to encourage indigenous participation in maritime commercial activities via vessel financing and maritime financing Job Description - Head, Currency (FX) Dealer (on secondment to Afribank BDC Ltd; May 2009 – May 2010). 1. Negotiate and transact FOREX deals and co-ordinate settlements with clients. 2. Preparation and maintenance of CBN and autonomous blotters as well as cash resources report for liquidity and profitability computation. 3. Handling of Bureau De Change cash purchase transactions and account management. 4. Preparation of Daily, Weekly, Monthly and Quarterly Activity report as well as ALCO report as required by EXCO.

1. Have oversight function on all Currencies activities 2. Ensure compliance with various limits by all Currencies Dealers 3. Deepen the bank’s interbank trading for visibility and profit 4. Liaise with Foreign Operations Group in ensuring that FCY books are accurate and comply with regulations 5. Negotiate and transact FOREX deals (swaps, forwards. etc) with correspondent banks and co-ordinate settlement 6. Monitor price/rate movements on foreign currencies including WAMZ Currencies. 7. Monitor and analyze development in the environment and their implications on FOREX deals for management information 8. Manage the bank’s open position. 9. Expand trading operation to include West African currencies and other profitable currency pairs. 10. Liaise with Regulatory Authorities and other market participants forging and implementing market development initiatives 11. Procure appropriate IT platform for trading and risk management 12. Coach/Mentor subordinates on deal structuring and trading.

Naira Trading, Treasury Bills, Asset and Liabilities Management

The programme enables individuals to take a more critical look at their past professional experience with the aim of improving effectiveness and efficiency. The objectives of the programme centre around improving decision-making capabilities; fostering an entrepreneurial spirit; increasing awareness of the ethical dimensions of business activities; deepening understanding of team-building, teamwork and delegation; and fostering an integrated view of the business as a whole in relation to local and international markets

Accounting

Accounting