REPORTER: BEN ILECHUKWU
Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State has appointed Mr Nwabunwanne Okonkwo as the pioneer Chief Executive Officer of the newly established Anambra State Development and Investment Corporation (ADIC) .
According to a statement by the Governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Mr Christian Aburime, Mr Okonkwo is to execute the corporation’s mandate of attracting, financing and overseeing major business and infrastructure project development and private sector investment in Anambra State.
It states that Mr Okonkwo is a Finance Lawyer with over 16 years experience in the financial service sector.
It notes thar prior to his appointment at ADIC, Mr Okonkwo was the Managing Director of DLM Advisory, the investment banking arm of DLM Capital Group, a development investment bank leading innovative transactions in Nigeria, where he helped mobilise in excess of $1 billion to different governments and corporates across several industries in Africa.
Okonkwo is 39 years old and holds a Masters Degree in Corporate Finance from Wayne State University, Michigan USA.
