As President Bola Tinubu to inaugurate the 45 minister-designates who were earlier confirmed by the senate and have been assigned portfolios since last week Wednesday.
Among the people to watch out for in the cabinet is Prince Shuaibu Abubakar Audu, an expert in Corporate Finance and Investment Management, who has been named as the Minister for Steel Development.
Prince Audu obtained his Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Business Economics with a second-class upper from the University of Leicester in the United Kingdom in 2001.
He went further to acquire his master’s degree in International Securities, Investment & Banking (ISIB) from the Henley Business School, University of Reading.
Remarkably well-rounded, Prince Audu bagged another master’s degree in Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Oxford, United Kingdom.
Following the completion of the mandatory National Youth Service (NYSC), he began what is now a glittering 20-year-career in corporate and investment banking, as well as assets and pension funds management, with Stanbic IBTC Bank Plc in 2003 in the Global Market treasury division.
By 2005, he became the Head, of Investment Management Stanbic IBTC Pensions when the Pension Reform Act was signed into law by former president Olusegun Obasanjo. Audu led the establishment’s efforts to set up Stanbic IBTC Pension Managers Limited which is currently the largest pension funds administrator in Nigeria.
He eventually got promoted and appointed as the Divisional Head, Investment Management of the group between 2008 — 2013.