Aminu UMAR-SADIQ
Managing Director & CEO, Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA)
Mr. Aminu Umar-Sadiq is the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority. He holds Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Engineering Sciences from the University of Oxford. Aminu has significant experience in the financial services sector spanning Public Finance Management, Mergers & Acquisitions, Private Equity, and Asset Management.
Prior to his appointment as MD & CEO, he served as the Executive Director responsible for all investment and portfolio management activities of the Nigeria Infrastructure Fund (NIF), NSIA’s multi-product, cross-sector domestic infrastructure fund. Aminu led a team of over 20 investment professionals in originating, executing, and managing direct investments and private equity investments across the Healthcare, Agriculture, Power, Transportation, Gas-Based Industries and Technology sectors.
Aminu has antecedents at both Morgan Stanley, London and Société Générale, London, where he worked in Mergers and Acquisitions; and at Denham Capital Management, a natural resources and infrastructure focused Private-Equity fund.