Has a Bachelors (B.Eng.) in Petroleum Engineering from the Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO). He began his career in the Financial Services Industry in 2001 with Guaranty Trust bank PLC, in 2004, he moved to Standard Chartered Bank Ltd., then on to a Nigerian Investment Bank, BGL PLC in 2008 where he was the Regional Head for the Northern business.

He has over 15 years of experience in the financial services industry, and has held various positions covering sales, credit, business development/advisory, wealth management and client relationship management. He possesses a strong background in Commercial Banking, Corporate banking and Investment banking. The last 9 years have been spent in various managerial capacities where the focus has been to identify potential talent resources, build and manage strong sales teams with the mandate to ensure business growth by improving sales revenues.