President Bola Tinubu on Friday appointed Folashodun Adebisi Shonubi, Deputy Governor (Operations), Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) as Acting CBN Governor.This followed the suspension of the CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele by the president to pave way for investigation of the apex bank.Below are quick facts about the Acting CBN Governor.1. Shonubu was born on 7 March, 1962.2. He attended the University of Lagos from 1978 to 1983 and obtained a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering.3. Shonubi has a Master of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1985 with bias in Production Engineering from the same University.4. He obtained a Master degree in Business Administration specializing in Finance between 1988 and 1989.5. He began his working experience as a Consultant Engineer at Mek-ind Associates and worked from 1984 to 1989.6. He was a Marketing Executive at Inlaks Computers Limited.7. He moved to Citibank Nigeria Limited as Head, Treasury Operations from 1990 to 1993.8. He joined Agusto & Co. Ltd as a Supervising Consultant from 1993 to 1996 from where he moved to MBC International Limited as Deputy General Manager, Banking Operations & Information Technology from 1999.9. He joined First City Monument Bank (FCMB) Limited as Vice-President, Operations & Information Technology and was there till 2002.10. Shonubi moved from FCMB to Ecobank Nigeria Plc as an Executive Director, Operations & Information Technology and in 2007 he became the Director, Information Technology and Corporate Services, Renaissance Securities Nigeria Limited.11. He was recruited by Union Bank of Nigeria Limited as an Executive Director, Operations, Technology and Services, September 2009 to April 2012.12. Shonubi became the Managing Director/CEO, Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System Plc from May 2012 to October 2018.13. In October 2018, Shonubi became the Deputy Governor, Operations of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) representing the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria on the Board of FIRS since the 9th of December, 2019.14. He is married with children.Pending the appointment of a new CBN governor or the unlikely recall of Emefiele, who was suspended by Tinubu Friday night, Shonubi is now the chief central banker of Africa’s biggest economy.
Folashodun Shonubi: 14 quick facts – engineer, IT expert, banker — and acting CBN governor
