User:Ujay4real/sandbox/Biography of Okwu Joseph Nnanna

Okwu Joseph Nnanna is an economist and a central banker. He has three decades of post qualification professional experience and in 2015 he was appointed as the Deputy Governor in charge of Financial Stability of the Central Bank of Nigeria replacing Dr. Kingsley Moghalu[1] [3]. Prior to his recent appointment, from 2012–2014, Dr. Nnanna was appointed as the Alternate Executive Director on the Board of the International Monetary Fund where he represented Nigeria and 22 other SSA African countries in Africa Constituency 1 of the IMF[2]. His working experience includes: a brief period of teaching at the University of Houston at Clear Lake City campus (USA) and at the federal government Polytechnic, Akure (Nigeria) in 1980–82 teaching public finance and economics. And from 1982–1989, he worked as a staff economist in the international trade and exchange rate Division of the Research Department of the Central Bank of Nigeria. His international working experience started with his engagement by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) from 1989–94. During this period he worked as a staff economist and desk officer in the African Department of the IMF and participated in multilateral surveillance missions to several African countries including: Kenya, South Africa, Lesotho, Sychelles, etc, and advised the authorities in their economic policy making process and in the implementation of their structural adjustment programs[2]. Dr. Nnanna rejoined the Central Bank of Nigeria in 1994 and was appointed as an Advisor to the Governor of the Central Bank. And in 2001 was appointed the Director of Research and Statistics of the Central Bank of Nigeria. At the Central Bank, he actively participated in the policy formulation process which culminated into the liberalization and deregulation of Nigeria’s financial system in particular and the real productive sectors of the economy as a whole[5]. He was a member of the Economic Management Team during the Presidency of H.E. Obasanjo. In 2006 Dr. Nnanna was appointed the Director-General of the West African Monetary Institute (WAMI) in 2006–2008[4]. The Institute is the agency responsible for the actualization of the proposed second West African monetary union. As prelude to the introduction of the West African common currency, he convinced the authorities of the member states of the West African Monetary Zone to use their local currencies in intra-regional trade in order to minimize transaction costs, conserve their scarce foreign exchange reserves and eliminate exchange rate risks. Education Dr. Nnanna attended William Paterson University in Wayne, New Jersey and University of Houston, in Houston Texas, USA- from 1972–80, where he earned degrees in Finance, Public Policy and Economics. He graduated with B.A, M.A and PhD degrees[6][7]. Since graduation, Dr. Nnanna has attended several economic policy oriented training programs. In 2003 and 2004, he studied at Harvard University and participated in the macroeconomic policy and leadership programs. In 2006, he attended the Bundesbank intensive training program on how to: ‘Conduct Monetary Policy in a Monetary Zone’.

Publications He is an author/co-author of five books and over forty published articles: •	Investment And Growth In Nigeria (Co-Editor 2005) •	Financial Markets In Nigeria (Co-Editor 2004) •	Contemporary Economic Policy Issues in Nigeria (co-Editor 2003) •	Foreign Private Investment In Nigeria (Co-Editor 2000) •	Dynamics of Managing the Nigerian Financial System In 21st Century (Editor 1998). His publications have appeared in various academic and professional journals including; CBN Economic and Financial Review, CBN Bullion, Reserve Bank of South Africa Conference Proceedings, WAIFEM, Conference proceedings, Journal of Banking and Finance, and Palgrave Macmillan Press, UK to name a few[10]. Honors He is a recipient of the prestigious Dr. Nkwame Nkrumah Africa Leadership Award. Furthermore, he has served on the boards of many public organizations and belongs to several professional societies. He is a life member of Nigeria Economic Society. Personal life Okwu Joseph Nnanna is an avid tennis player and has been married to Nkeiru Priscilla Nnanna (née Okorie) for over 30 years. The couple has 5 children; their second son Dr. U. Joseph Nnanna has been an Assistant professor of Business Administration at a Northwestern Oklahoma State University teaching accounting and management courses with several academic papers published to his credit while Obi Charles Nnanna has been a petroleum engineer for Total SA working in France and was named one of thirty individuals in the black engineers magazine rising stars with several publications to his credit[8][9]. In fact, the brothers co-authored a paper entitled Natural gas storage and distribution in Nigeria: An analytical framework which was published in the Journal of international business & research (JIBMR) vol 6,issue 17. References 1.	http://www.cenbank.org/AboutCBN/TheBoard.asp?Name=Dr.+Okwu+Joseph+Nnanna&Biodata=nnanna 2.	http://www.imf.org/external/np/sec/memdir/eds.aspx 3.	http://www.bloomberg.com/profiles/people/19104719-okwu-joseph-nnanna 4.	http://cables.mrkva.eu/cable.php?id=79212 5.	http://allafrica.com/stories/201207190066.html 6.	http://www.africanbusinesscentral.com/2014/11/12/goodluck-jonathan-nominates-joseph-nnanna-for-deputy-governor-of-the-central-bank-of-nigeria-following-kingsley-moghalus-exit/ 7.	http://www.africanbusinesscentral.com/news/university-of-houston/ 8.	http://www.nwosu.edu/nnanna 9.	http://www.blackengineer.com/artman/publish/article_1468.shtml 10.	http://www.cenbank.org/OUT/PUBLICATIONS/EFR/RD/2002/EFRVOL40-4-6.PDF