Elijah is an Economist by training and has an MBA with over fifteen years experience in commercial, corporate, retail, mortgage banking and Real Estate. He is an expert in the structuring and advisory on construction finance deals with specialty in residential affordable housing projects.
He is currently the MD/CEO of Countrywide Housing
Company (CHC) ? a company that has set out to develop affordable housing units in Nigeria and to create value within the housing ecosystem. Before now, He was the Group Head in charge of Real
Estate Transaction in ASO Savings & Loans Plc; Nigeria's largest originator of mortgage assets with additional responsibility of overseeing the company business concerns within the Federal Capital Territory, North and the Southern Regions of Nigeria. Prior to joining ASO, he worked with Equitorial Trust Bank (Now Sterling Bank), Bond Bank (Now Skye Bank) and Platinum Bank (Now keystone Bank).
An Archbishop Desmond Tutu Fellow of the African Leadership Institute, He is also a Senior Member of the Chartered institute of Bankers of Nigeria (HCIB) and a Fellow of the Institute of Treasury and Financial Administration (FITFA), a new leader with the Crans Montana Forum.
Elijah has undergone lots of leadership and management courses in Harvard Business School USA, Wharton Business School USA, Said Business School Oxford, UK and INSEAD Business School, Fontaine Bleau, France. He bagged his first degree from the University of Nigeria and presently undergoing an MA program in Applied Economics with the American University in Washington DC, USA. He sits in the Board of several companies; Signature Restaurant & Spa; Rejuvenate International Ltd, Darmanawa Royal City Ltd, TechVivid Ltd and Prime Development Company. He is also chairs' the Board of Trustees of Lead Foundation - an NGO.
Elijah speaks at conferences and seminars nationally and internationally. Elijah has won numerous awards for his contribution to youth empowerment, education and community development. He is married to beautiful Udo and a proud father of four (Somto, Osinachi, Dumbia and Chizitel)
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