Risk managers appoint Board of trustees

Risk Management Association of Nigeria (RIMAN), the foremost professional risk managers at its 20th AGM held recently in Lagos, appointed three accomplished individuals, Professor Olayinka David-West, Austin Okere and Stella Ojejwe-Onyejeli to its Board of Trustees.

Professor David-West is an information systems (IS) professional with over two decades experience in the Nigerian IT industry. She is currently a senior fellow in the Operations, Information Systems and Marketing Division of Lagos Business School. She is also the Academic Director at Lagos Business School and Enterprise Development Centre (EDC) of the Pan-Atlantic University.

Austin Okere is the Founder & Executive Vice Chairman, CWG Plc and Entrepreneur in Residence, Columbia Business School, New York. He is a member of the World Economic Forum Business Council on Innovation and Intrapreneurship.

Stella Ojekwe-Onyejeli is the Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer of Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority. She brings more than 25 years of financial advisory, controls, governance and risk management experience to the Board.

Related News

The appointment of the trio to the Board is in line with the quest of the Association to continuously demonstrate leadership role in promoting best practice risk management, capacity building, risk advocacy and strengthening the Association in its role providing leadership thought on risk management challenges in the country.

Other eminent professionals also had their appointment on the Board renewed at the AGM, these are Folakemi Fatogbe, CRM, (BOT Chairman), Director of Risk Management, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN); Magnus Nnoka, CRM, (President);Chief Risk Officer, Coronation Merchant Bank; Olumide Olayinka, CRM, Partner, Risk Consulting, KPMG; Jude Monye, CRM, Executive Director, Heritage Bank; Greg. Jobome, CRM, Executive Director/ Chief Risk Officer, Access Bank Plc and Usman Maitambari, CRM, Director of Enterprise Risk Management, Nigerian Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC).

Hope Moses-Ashike

Hope Moses-Ashike is an Associate Editor, Banking and Finance, with more than a decade of experience reporting on Nigeria’s financial system and broader economy. She closely tracks market movements, monetary policy decisions, company disclosures, regulatory actions, economic indicators, and global developments, and interprets what they mean for businesses, investors, policymakers, and households. Her reporting helps readers understand complex issues such as inflation trends, foreign exchange market dynamics, interest rate decisions, bank performance, and investment risks. She also covers major international events and periodically travels to Washington, D.C., to report on the World Bank/IMF Spring and Annual Meetings. Her dedication to financial journalism has earned her multiple recognitions and invitations to high-level professional development programmes. She is an alumna of the International Visitors Leadership Programme (IVLP) in the United States and holds an Advanced Financial Journalism Certificate from the Press Association Training in London, UK. Her other notable achievements include completing the Lagos Business School CMC Programme, the Bloomberg Media Africa Initiative Programme, and a Master Class in Journalism at Rhodes University in South Africa.