Mr. Ikwudinma is the Chairman of CS&C Associates Limited. He possesses over three decades of international banking and financial services experience, with expertise spanning Risk Management, Corporate and Investment banking, Commercial Banking, Transaction Banking, Strategic Leadership and Governance across African and Global markets.

He most recently served as Group Chief Risk Officer of Ecobank Transnational Incorporated, with enterprise-wide responsibility for risk management and internal controls across the Group’s 34 banking affiliates and other non-bank financial entities. He previously served as Group Chief Credit Officer, where he played a key role in maintaining strong asset quality and risk management standards.

Prior to Ecobank, Mr. Ikwudinma spent over two decades with Citibank, holding senior leadership positions across Nigeria, Zambia and Uganda. He served as Managing Director and CEO of Citibank Uganda and as Executive Director and Country Risk Manager for Citibank Nigeria, overseeing a multibillion-dollar credit portfolio. He also held senior roles in corporate and investment banking, commercial banking and regional business management. Mr. Ikwudinma was the pioneer Managing Director of Nova Merchant Bank Limited. He has served in Executive and Non-Executive capacity on the boards of various Bank and Non-Bank Financial Institutions, Non-Profit Organisations and Industry bodies, locally and internationally, including as Chairman of the Uganda Bankers Association.

He holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Civil Engineering) Degree from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka; an MSc in Structural Engineering and an MBA in Finance from the University of Lagos; and a Diploma in French from Alliance Française, Paris, through its Lagos programme.

Mr. Ikwudinma is a Fellow of the Nigerian Institute of Credit Administration (FICA), and a Member of the Institute of Directors (MIoD).