David is an experienced professional accountant in the public sector, a banker/regulator, and a microfinance specialist with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).
• With three decades of extensive experience and 30 years in central banking and financial institutions supervision and regulation
• A member of Microfinance Banks Coordinating Group in Other Financial Institutions Supervision Department of the CBN
• A member of Microfinance Certification Programme Unit in charge of capacity building of the sector
• A member of various national committees responsible for the policy-making of National Microfinance Development Strategy His passion for human development made him a regular facilitator of papers on banking regulation and supervision, microfinance banking principles and methodologies, corporate governance, corporate finance, financial reporting, auditing, and business analysis.
• An international facilitator for the West African Institute for Financial and Economic Management (WAIFEM) and the College of Supervisors of the West African Monetary Zone (WAMZ) on specialized training of central bank regulators/supervisors/examiners.
• A certified microfinance trainer by the US Agency for International Development (USAID), Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), and the Ateneo de Manila University of the Philippines. David, an FCCA, was admitted into ACCA membership in 2001 and has been contributing towards ACCA growth by preparing students for ACCA examinations and mentoring them for career progress. His passion for impacting knowledge led to the establishment of Synergy Professionals, the first ACCA Gold Approved Learning Partner in West Africa, as its pioneer chairman. He led the IFRS team of Synergy Professionals for the training of all MD/CEOs and finance directors of stock brokerage firms in Nigeria during the national IFRS conversion phase in 2012. David was a member of the ACCA Nigeria Steering Committee that submitted a feasibility study and proposal to ACCA UK in 2002/2003 for the opening of an ACCA office in Nigeria, a foundation for the opening of the ACCA Nigeria office in 2005. Having contributed immensely to ACCA at the grassroots level in producing ACCA members, David believes it is high time he brought his experience and exposure to bear on the global body by serving on the council. He has devoted almost two decades to teaching and mentoring ACCA students to membership, which has given him insight into the ethos of ACCA and, of course, contribution to the growing community of ACCA