Ishmael
Nwokocha, general manager, corporate treasury, MTN Nigeria, has been named in
the final shortlist of 20 people who made this year’s Africa’s rising stars in
the financial sector. Nwokocha was named by Euromoney, a financial magazine
with focus on the banking and finance industry, after it concluded a
continent-wide search for this year’s edition.
According
to Euromoney, at the beginning of every year, a search is conducted to
determine African stars driving the continents’ financial and economic transformation,
as well as setting standards for others to follow. Nwokocha was nominated based
on his commitment to corporate governance in Nigeria.
“Once
you don’t have a strong governance culture, documented and robust business
processes, it means you can’t run a business in an efficient manner. What
ordinarily would take only three to four days to go through will instead take
more than two weeks to be achieved,” said Nwokocha.
Nwokocha
joined MTN in 2002 as a cash management accountant and has risen through the
ranks, garnering significant experience, spanning corporate finance,
operational risk management, banking services and treasury. MTN Nigeria’s
treasury function managed by Nwokocha has won accolades for its seamless
brokering of financing transactions including a $1.8 billion financing in 2010
and $3 billion in 2013.
Nwokocha’s
treasury team served as internal arranger and adviser on a complex deal that
raised funds in four continents.
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