29.08.2012 - Rasheed, Orji to lead sovereign wealth fund
About 10 months after it announced the commencement of the Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF) with $1 billion as seed capital, the Federal Government Tuesday unveiled the board of the Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) with Alhaji Mahey Rasheed as Chairman and Uche Orji as its pioneer Managing Director. While Rasheed is a former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and is presently a member of board of directors of First Bank Nigeria Plc, Orji, who previously served as managing director of leading investment bank in the United States of America – JP Morgan – is the Global Coordinator and Head, US Semiconductor Research as well as Co-Head of US Tech Sector Research at another prominent investment bank – USB...............................................Full Article: Source
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