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'''Philip Ikeazor''' is a Deputy Governor of Financial System Stability at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2023-09-16 |title=Meet Philip Ikeazor, a CBN deputy Governor nominee with over 30 years of experience in the financial services industry |url=https://newswirengr.com/2023/09/16/meet-philip-ikeazor-a-cbn-deputy-governor-nominee-with-over-30-years-of-experience-in-the-financial-services-industry/ |access-date=2023-12-01 |website=NewsWireNGR |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Central Bank of Nigeria:: Board of Directors |url=https://www.cbn.gov.ng/AboutCBN/TheBoard.asp?Name=Mr.+Philip+Ikeazor&Biodata=ikeazor |access-date=2023-12-01 |website=www.cbn.gov.ng}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ariemu |first=Ogaga |date=2024-05-01 |title=Recapitalization: Nigerian Banks' Non-performing Loan alarming - CBN |url=https://dailypost.ng/2024/05/01/recapitalization-nigerian-banks-non-performing-loan-alarming-cbn/ |access-date=2024-06-10 |website=Daily Post Nigeria |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Olatunji |first=Eniola |date=2023-09-15 |title=CBN: Meet the new deputy governors |url=https://businessday.ng/news/article/cbn-meet-the-new-deputy-governors/ |access-date=2024-06-10 |website=Businessday NG |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Apanpa |first=Olaniyi |date=2023-09-15 |title=Meet CBN's newly appointed deputy governors |url=https://punchng.com/meet-cbns-newly-appointed-deputy-governors/ |access-date=2024-06-10 |website=Punch Newspapers |language=en-US}}</ref> He was appointed by President Ahmed Bola Tinubu on 15th September, 2023 after the removal from office of [[Godwin Emefiele]] and his four deputies, [[Aishah Ahmad]], [[Folashodun Shonubi]], [[Edward Lametek Adamu|Edward Adamu]] and Kingsley Obiora owing to allegations of corporate governance failures at the CBN.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |last1=Itsibor |first1=Mark |last2=Bello |first2=Olushola |date=2023-09-16 |title=Tinubu Finally Sacks Emefiele, All Deputy Governors |url=https://leadership.ng/tinubu-finally-sacks-emefiele-all-deputy-governors/ |access-date=2023-12-01 |language=en-US}}</ref>
'''Philip Ikeazor''' is a Deputy Governor of Financial System Stability at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2023-09-16 |title=Meet Philip Ikeazor, a CBN deputy Governor nominee with over 30 years of experience in the financial services industry |url=https://newswirengr.com/2023/09/16/meet-philip-ikeazor-a-cbn-deputy-governor-nominee-with-over-30-years-of-experience-in-the-financial-services-industry/ |access-date=2023-12-01 |website=NewsWireNGR |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Central Bank of Nigeria:: Board of Directors |url=https://www.cbn.gov.ng/AboutCBN/TheBoard.asp?Name=Mr.+Philip+Ikeazor&Biodata=ikeazor |access-date=2023-12-01 |website=www.cbn.gov.ng}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ariemu |first=Ogaga |date=2024-05-01 |title=Recapitalization: Nigerian Banks' Non-performing Loan alarming - CBN |url=https://dailypost.ng/2024/05/01/recapitalization-nigerian-banks-non-performing-loan-alarming-cbn/ |access-date=2024-06-10 |website=Daily Post Nigeria |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Olatunji |first=Eniola |date=2023-09-15 |title=CBN: Meet the new deputy governors |url=https://businessday.ng/news/article/cbn-meet-the-new-deputy-governors/ |access-date=2024-06-10 |website=Businessday NG |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Apanpa |first=Olaniyi |date=2023-09-15 |title=Meet CBN's newly appointed deputy governors |url=https://punchng.com/meet-cbns-newly-appointed-deputy-governors/ |access-date=2024-06-10 |website=Punch Newspapers |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Makanjuola |first=Y. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6Z8MCgAAQBAJ&dq=Philip+Ikeazor+financial&pg=PA241 |title=Banking Reform in Nigeria: The Aftermath of the 2009 Financial Crisis |date=2016-04-30 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-1-137-49353-8 |language=en}}</ref> He was appointed by President Ahmed Bola Tinubu on 15th September, 2023<ref>{{Cite web |last=Odili |first=Esther |date=2023-09-15 |title=Yemi Cardoso: Meet CBN's newly appointed deputy governors |url=https://www.legit.ng/nigeria/1554203-quick-facts-cbns-newly-appointed-deputy-governors/ |access-date=2024-06-14 |website=Legit.ng - Nigeria news. |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=THEWILL |first=Aina Ojonugwa |date=2023-09-28 |title=BREAKING: New CBN Deputy Governors Assigned Directorates |url=https://thewillnews.com/breaking-new-cbn-deputy-governors-assigned-portfolios-n/ |access-date=2024-06-14 |language=en-US}}</ref> after the removal from office of [[Godwin Emefiele]] and his four deputies, [[Aishah Ahmad]], [[Folashodun Shonubi]], [[Edward Lametek Adamu|Edward Adamu]] and Kingsley Obiora owing to allegations of corporate governance failures at the CBN.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Usoro, Dattijo, Ikeazor, Bello… here are Tinubu's CBN deputy governor nominees |url=https://www.thecable.ng/profile-usoro-dattijo-ikeazor-bello-here-are-tinubus-cbn-deputy-governor-nominees/ |access-date=June 14, 2024 |website=/www.thecable.ng}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{Cite web |last1=Itsibor |first1=Mark |last2=Bello |first2=Olushola |date=2023-09-16 |title=Tinubu Finally Sacks Emefiele, All Deputy Governors |url=https://leadership.ng/tinubu-finally-sacks-emefiele-all-deputy-governors/ |access-date=2023-12-01 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Onyeka |date=2023-09-15 |title=President Tinubu Nominates Philip Ikeazor As CBN Deputy Governor. |url=https://anambrapeople.com.ng/2023/09/15/president-tinubu-nominates-philip-ikeazor-as-cbn-deputy-governor/ |access-date=2024-06-14 |website=Anambra people magazine |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Olowookere |first=Dipo |date=2017-01-31 |title=N4.2b ITF Fund: Keystone Bank, MD Land in Big Trouble |url=https://businesspost.ng/banking/n4-2b-itf-fund-keystone-bank-md-land-in-big-trouble/ |access-date=2024-06-14 |website=Business Post Nigeria |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Abuja) |first=Nigerian Economic Summit (7, 2000 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sAq3AAAAIAAJ&q=Philip+Ikeazor |title=Report on the Seventh Nigerian Economic Summit, 15-17 October, 2000 Abuja |date=2001 |publisher=Spectrum Books |isbn=978-978-029-312-3 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Chioma |first=Unini |date=2023-09-30 |title=CBN Assigns Portfolios to Newly Confirmed Deputy Governors |url=https://thenigerialawyer.com/cbn-assigns-portfolios-to-newly-confirmed-deputy-governors/ |access-date=2024-06-14 |website=TheNigeriaLawyer |language=en}}</ref>


== Education and career ==
== Education and career ==
Ikeazor attended the [[University of Buckingham]], United Kingdom where he obtained a Bachelor's degree in Economics<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mojeed |first=Abdulkareem |date=2023-09-16 |title=PROFILE: Meet Nigeria's newly nominated CBN governor, deputy governors |url=https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/625977-profile-meet-nigerias-newly-nominated-cbn-governor-deputy-governors.html |access-date=2023-12-01 |website=Premium Times Nigeria |language=en-GB}}</ref> and then went on to attend Wharton CEIBS-IESE Business School Global CEO programme,  and Executive programmes at the Wharton Business School, Harvard Business School, and the Henley Business School. {{cn}} He has worked in financial services since 1990 first as loans officer at the Nigerian American Merchant Bank.  He subsequently moved to Merchant Banking Corporation (MBC) to continue his career in banking and finance. In January, 2013, he was appointed as Managing Director of Keystone Bank<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-01-31 |title=Ikeazor appointed Keystone Bank MD/CEO |url=http://businessnews.com.ng/2013/01/31/ikeazor-appointed-keystone-bank-mdceo/ |access-date=2023-12-01 |website=Nigeria Business News |language=en-US}}</ref>. He also served as Director at Greenwich Merchant Limited,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mr. Philip Ikeazor – Greenwich Merchant Bank |url=https://www.greenwichbankgroup.com/staff-member/ikeazor-philip/ |access-date=2023-12-01 |website=www.greenwichbankgroup.com}}</ref> Tideway Advisory, Union Bank Nigeria, Union Registrars Ltd, Union Bank UK plc and UBA Trustees Ltd.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Board of Directors – Greenwich Registrars and Data Solutions |url=https://greenwichregistrars.com/board-of-directors/ |access-date=2023-12-01 |language=en-GB}}</ref>
Ikeazor attended the [[University of Buckingham]], United Kingdom where he obtained a Bachelor's degree in Economics<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mojeed |first=Abdulkareem |date=2023-09-16 |title=PROFILE: Meet Nigeria's newly nominated CBN governor, deputy governors |url=https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/625977-profile-meet-nigerias-newly-nominated-cbn-governor-deputy-governors.html |access-date=2023-12-01 |website=Premium Times Nigeria |language=en-GB}}</ref> and then went on to attend Wharton CEIBS-IESE Business School Global CEO programme. He has worked in financial services since 1990 first as loans officer at the Nigerian American Merchant Bank.  He subsequently moved to Merchant Banking Corporation (MBC) to continue his career in banking and finance. In January, 2013, he was appointed as Managing Director of Keystone Bank<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-01-31 |title=Ikeazor appointed Keystone Bank MD/CEO |url=http://businessnews.com.ng/2013/01/31/ikeazor-appointed-keystone-bank-mdceo/ |access-date=2023-12-01 |website=Nigeria Business News |language=en-US}}</ref>. He also served as Director at Greenwich Merchant Limited,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mr. Philip Ikeazor – Greenwich Merchant Bank |url=https://www.greenwichbankgroup.com/staff-member/ikeazor-philip/ |access-date=2023-12-01 |website=www.greenwichbankgroup.com}}</ref> Tideway Advisory, Union Bank Nigeria, Union Registrars Ltd, Union Bank UK plc and UBA Trustees Ltd.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Board of Directors – Greenwich Registrars and Data Solutions |url=https://greenwichregistrars.com/board-of-directors/ |access-date=2023-12-01 |language=en-GB}}</ref>


== Appointment as Deputy Governor ==
== Appointment as Deputy Governor ==
Ikeazor was appointed into office as Deputy Governor, Financial System Stability at a time Nigeria's economy had been impacted by high inflation with a bleak macroeconomic outlook.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jaiyeola |first=Temitayo |date=2023-10-10 |title=IMF downgrades Nigeria's economic growth |url=https://punchng.com/imf-downgrades-nigerias-economic-growth/ |access-date=2023-12-01 |website=Punch Newspapers |language=en-US}}</ref> The previous governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele and his four deputies had been removed from office on the 15th of September, 2023<ref>{{Cite web |last=RELEASE |first=PRESS |date=2023-09-15 |title=Tinubu sacks CBN governor, deputies; appoints Olayemi Cardoso as new helmsman |url=https://gazettengr.com/just-in-tinubu-sacks-cbn-governor-deputies-appoints-olayemi-cardoso-as-new-helmsman/ |access-date=2023-12-01 |website=Peoples Gazette |language=en-US}}</ref> and Ikeazor appointed a Deputy Governor and member of the new Management team charged with implementing significant reforms in the Bank. His predecessors had implemented a controversial currency redesign which was severely criticised as punitive and lacking a human face.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Princewill |first=Nimi |date=2022-11-25 |title='It changes nothing.' Nigerians unimpressed with redesigned banknotes {{!}} CNN Business |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/25/business/nigeria-launches-new-banknotes-lgs-intl/index.html |access-date=2023-12-01 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-31 |title=Nigeria sees cash shortage amid push for redesigned currency |url=https://apnews.com/article/technology-nigeria-government-africa-79af9efa63c7f7d41913f4f8bb63db5f |access-date=2023-12-01 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref> Moreso, Emefiele, the former governor, had, in an unprecedented move, engaged in partisan politics to contest for the Nigerian presidency as a sitting central bank governor<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mbachu |first=Dulue |date=2022-06-06 |title=Central Bank of Nigeria in turmoil after Emefiele's thwarted presidential bid |url=https://african.business/2022/06/finance-services/central-bank-of-nigeria-in-turmoil-after-emefieles-thwarted-presidential-bid |access-date=2023-12-01 |website=African Business |language=en-GB}}</ref>.  He was resoundingly criticised, with many analysts calling for his resignation<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.icirnigeria.org/emefieles-ambition-divides-opinion-as-concerns-mount-over-conflict-of-interest-as-cbn-governor/|title=Concerns mount over Emefiele's political ambition while CBN Gov}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-05-17 |title=Central Bank Governor Ends Bid to Become President of Nigeria |language=en |work=Bloomberg.com |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-05-17/central-bank-governor-ends-bid-to-become-president-of-nigeria |access-date=2023-12-01}}</ref>.  Against this backdrop, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on his inauguration on May, 29th 2023, promised a "monetary policy housecleaning" at the Central Bank of Nigeria.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Odeniyi |first=Solomon |date=2023-05-29 |title=Monetary policy needs 'housecleaning', says Tinubu |url=https://punchng.com/monetary-policy-needs-housecleaning-says-tinubu/ |access-date=2023-12-01 |website=Punch Newspapers |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last1=Nda-Isaiah |first1=Jonathan |last2=Odoh |first2=Innocent |last3=Ojiezel |first3=Andrew |date=2023-05-30 |title=At Inauguration: Tinubu Hits Ground Running, Lists Critical Reforms |url=https://leadership.ng/at-inauguration-tinubu-hits-ground-running-lists-critical-reforms/ |access-date=2023-12-01 |language=en-US}}</ref> He consequently suspended Emefiele in June, 2023<ref>{{Cite web |last=Adetayo |first=Ope |title=The downfall of Nigeria's 'all powerful' central bank governor |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2023/6/14/the-downfall-of-nigerias-all-powerful-central-bank-governor |access-date=2023-12-01 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en}}</ref> and appointed a Special Investigator<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reporters |first=Our |date=2023-06-10 |title=Tinubu suspends Emefiele, orders CBN probe |url=https://punchng.com/tinubu-suspends-emefiele-orders-cbn-probe/ |access-date=2023-12-01 |website=Punch Newspapers |language=en-US}}</ref> to look into the corporate governance failures at the CBN. In September, Emefiele and his four deputies were removed from office whilst the president appointed Ikeazor as Deputy Governor alongside Yemi Cardoso (Governor), and three other deputy governors (Emem Usoro, Muhammad Sani Abdullahi and Bala Bello).<ref name="auto"/>
He was appointed into office as Deputy Governor, Financial System Stability at a time Nigeria's economy had been impacted by high inflation with a bleak macroeconomic outlook.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jaiyeola |first=Temitayo |date=2023-10-10 |title=IMF downgrades Nigeria's economic growth |url=https://punchng.com/imf-downgrades-nigerias-economic-growth/ |access-date=2023-12-01 |website=Punch Newspapers |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=hafsyibrahim0 |date=2024-03-19 |title=Global Money Week: CBN Empowers Young Nigerians on Financial Security Skills |url=https://economicconfidential.com/2024/03/global-money-week-cbn-empowers/ |access-date=2024-06-14 |website=Economic Confidential |language=en-US}}</ref> The previous governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele and his four deputies had been removed from office on the 15th of September, 2023<ref>{{Cite web |last=RELEASE |first=PRESS |date=2023-09-15 |title=Tinubu sacks CBN governor, deputies; appoints Olayemi Cardoso as new helmsman |url=https://gazettengr.com/just-in-tinubu-sacks-cbn-governor-deputies-appoints-olayemi-cardoso-as-new-helmsman/ |access-date=2023-12-01 |website=Peoples Gazette |language=en-US}}</ref> and Ikeazor appointed a Deputy Governor and member of the new Management team charged with implementing significant reforms in the Bank. His predecessors had implemented a controversial currency redesign which was severely criticised as punitive and lacking a human face.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Princewill |first=Nimi |date=2022-11-25 |title='It changes nothing.' Nigerians unimpressed with redesigned banknotes {{!}} CNN Business |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/25/business/nigeria-launches-new-banknotes-lgs-intl/index.html |access-date=2023-12-01 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-31 |title=Nigeria sees cash shortage amid push for redesigned currency |url=https://apnews.com/article/technology-nigeria-government-africa-79af9efa63c7f7d41913f4f8bb63db5f |access-date=2023-12-01 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref> Moreso, Emefiele, the former governor, had, in an unprecedented move, engaged in partisan politics to contest for the Nigerian presidency as a sitting central bank governor<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mbachu |first=Dulue |date=2022-06-06 |title=Central Bank of Nigeria in turmoil after Emefiele's thwarted presidential bid |url=https://african.business/2022/06/finance-services/central-bank-of-nigeria-in-turmoil-after-emefieles-thwarted-presidential-bid |access-date=2023-12-01 |website=African Business |language=en-GB}}</ref>.  He was resoundingly criticised, with many analysts calling for his resignation<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.icirnigeria.org/emefieles-ambition-divides-opinion-as-concerns-mount-over-conflict-of-interest-as-cbn-governor/|title=Concerns mount over Emefiele's political ambition while CBN Gov}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-05-17 |title=Central Bank Governor Ends Bid to Become President of Nigeria |language=en |work=Bloomberg.com |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-05-17/central-bank-governor-ends-bid-to-become-president-of-nigeria |access-date=2023-12-01}}</ref>.  Against this backdrop, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on his inauguration on May, 29th 2023, promised a "monetary policy housecleaning" at the Central Bank of Nigeria.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Odeniyi |first=Solomon |date=2023-05-29 |title=Monetary policy needs 'housecleaning', says Tinubu |url=https://punchng.com/monetary-policy-needs-housecleaning-says-tinubu/ |access-date=2023-12-01 |website=Punch Newspapers |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last1=Nda-Isaiah |first1=Jonathan |last2=Odoh |first2=Innocent |last3=Ojiezel |first3=Andrew |date=2023-05-30 |title=At Inauguration: Tinubu Hits Ground Running, Lists Critical Reforms |url=https://leadership.ng/at-inauguration-tinubu-hits-ground-running-lists-critical-reforms/ |access-date=2023-12-01 |language=en-US}}</ref> He consequently suspended Emefiele in June, 2023<ref>{{Cite web |last=Adetayo |first=Ope |title=The downfall of Nigeria's 'all powerful' central bank governor |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2023/6/14/the-downfall-of-nigerias-all-powerful-central-bank-governor |access-date=2023-12-01 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en}}</ref> and appointed a Special Investigator<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reporters |first=Our |date=2023-06-10 |title=Tinubu suspends Emefiele, orders CBN probe |url=https://punchng.com/tinubu-suspends-emefiele-orders-cbn-probe/ |access-date=2023-12-01 |website=Punch Newspapers |language=en-US}}</ref> to look into the corporate governance failures at the CBN. In September, Emefiele and his four deputies were removed from office whilst the president appointed Ikeazor as Deputy Governor alongside Yemi Cardoso (Governor), and three other deputy governors (Emem Usoro, Muhammad Sani Abdullahi and Bala Bello).<ref name="auto"/><ref>{{Cite news |last=Bala-Gbogbo |first=Elisha |date=2023-10-16 |title=Nigeria's September inflation rate at highest in two decades |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/nigerias-inflation-rises-2672-yy-september-2023-10-16/ |access-date=2023-12-01}}</ref>.  As  Deputy Governor, he is a Member of the Central Bank of Nigeria Board and also a member of the Monetary Policy Committee as prescribed by the Act of Parliament establishing the bank.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbn.gov.ng/OUT/CIRCULARS/CSD/2007/CBN%20ACT%202007.PDF|title=None}}</ref> He is expected, in his new role, to rein in corporate governance risks in financial institutions as a regulator and supervisor of financial services in Nigeria.  Ikeazor would be overseeing financial system stability which entails protection of consumers of financial services, making financial policies, and regulating financial institutions while ensuring the payments system works for everyone.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moses-Ashike |first=Hope |title=CBN assigns roles to deputy governors |date=29 September 2023 |url=https://businessday.ng/news/article/767234-cbn/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=CBN: Meet the new deputy governors |date=15 September 2023 |url=https://businessday.ng/news/article/cbn-meet-the-new-deputy-governors/}}</ref>

Philip is coming on board at a crucial time in the Central Bank of Nigeria's history, with a weak and volatile currency, and inflation in double digits<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bala-Gbogbo |first=Elisha |date=2023-10-16 |title=Nigeria's September inflation rate at highest in two decades |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/nigerias-inflation-rises-2672-yy-september-2023-10-16/ |access-date=2023-12-01}}</ref>.  As  Deputy Governor, he is a Member of the Central Bank of Nigeria Board and also a member of the Monetary Policy Committee as prescribed by the Act of Parliament establishing the bank.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbn.gov.ng/OUT/CIRCULARS/CSD/2007/CBN%20ACT%202007.PDF|title=None}}</ref> He is expected, in his new role, to rein in corporate governance risks in financial institutions as a regulator and supervisor of financial services in Nigeria.  Ikeazor would be overseeing financial system stability which entails protection of consumers of financial services, making financial policies, and regulating financial institutions while ensuring the payments system works for everyone.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moses-Ashike |first=Hope |title=CBN assigns roles to deputy governors |date=29 September 2023 |url=https://businessday.ng/news/article/767234-cbn/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=CBN: Meet the new deputy governors |date=15 September 2023 |url=https://businessday.ng/news/article/cbn-meet-the-new-deputy-governors/}}</ref>


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Latest revision as of 16:09, 23 June 2024

Philip Ikeazor is a Deputy Governor of Financial System Stability at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).[1][2][3][4][5][6] He was appointed by President Ahmed Bola Tinubu on 15th September, 2023[7][8] after the removal from office of Godwin Emefiele and his four deputies, Aishah Ahmad, Folashodun Shonubi, Edward Adamu and Kingsley Obiora owing to allegations of corporate governance failures at the CBN.[9][10][11][12][13][14]

Education and career[edit]

Ikeazor attended the University of Buckingham, United Kingdom where he obtained a Bachelor's degree in Economics[15] and then went on to attend Wharton CEIBS-IESE Business School Global CEO programme. He has worked in financial services since 1990 first as loans officer at the Nigerian American Merchant Bank.  He subsequently moved to Merchant Banking Corporation (MBC) to continue his career in banking and finance. In January, 2013, he was appointed as Managing Director of Keystone Bank[16]. He also served as Director at Greenwich Merchant Limited,[17] Tideway Advisory, Union Bank Nigeria, Union Registrars Ltd, Union Bank UK plc and UBA Trustees Ltd.[18]

Appointment as Deputy Governor[edit]

He was appointed into office as Deputy Governor, Financial System Stability at a time Nigeria's economy had been impacted by high inflation with a bleak macroeconomic outlook.[19][20] The previous governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele and his four deputies had been removed from office on the 15th of September, 2023[21] and Ikeazor appointed a Deputy Governor and member of the new Management team charged with implementing significant reforms in the Bank. His predecessors had implemented a controversial currency redesign which was severely criticised as punitive and lacking a human face.[22][23] Moreso, Emefiele, the former governor, had, in an unprecedented move, engaged in partisan politics to contest for the Nigerian presidency as a sitting central bank governor[24].  He was resoundingly criticised, with many analysts calling for his resignation[25][26].  Against this backdrop, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on his inauguration on May, 29th 2023, promised a "monetary policy housecleaning" at the Central Bank of Nigeria.[27][28] He consequently suspended Emefiele in June, 2023[29] and appointed a Special Investigator[30] to look into the corporate governance failures at the CBN. In September, Emefiele and his four deputies were removed from office whilst the president appointed Ikeazor as Deputy Governor alongside Yemi Cardoso (Governor), and three other deputy governors (Emem Usoro, Muhammad Sani Abdullahi and Bala Bello).[10][31].  As  Deputy Governor, he is a Member of the Central Bank of Nigeria Board and also a member of the Monetary Policy Committee as prescribed by the Act of Parliament establishing the bank.[32] He is expected, in his new role, to rein in corporate governance risks in financial institutions as a regulator and supervisor of financial services in Nigeria.  Ikeazor would be overseeing financial system stability which entails protection of consumers of financial services, making financial policies, and regulating financial institutions while ensuring the payments system works for everyone.[33][34]

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