Matthias Chika Mordi

Chika is a professional banker and spent over two decades in various roles in the banking industry, including retail and investment banking corporate banking and venture capital. Chika was the Executive Director of Corporate and Investment banking of Standard Trust Bank(199-2003)- he was the de facto deputy CEO acting for the CEO on multiple occasions, MD/CEO of Continental Trust Bank(2003-2005), MD/CEO of UBA Capital(2005-2008). Chief Executive Officer Accender Africa in Washington D.C(2010-2013). Chika is an active participant in capital markets and he is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (Nigeria) in 1991, registered with the United Kingdom’s Financial Services Authority and has since managed and executed several landmark transactions in sub-Saharan Africa. He has served as a board director of over twenty financial institutions in Africa and the United Kingdom and several non-financial institutions. In 2016, Mordi was appointed to the advisory board of Harvard University’s Shorenstein Center.. Chika served on the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Board , several government committees and was a member of The Crans Montana Forum. Mordi incubated businesses in aviation, energy and communications in Sub saharan Africa.

Matthias Chika Mordi (born February 25, 1967) is from Delta State, in Nigeria and was a refugee during Nigeria’s civil war. He is an economist by training and a renowned banker. He is the Chief Executive Officer of National Competitiveness Council of Nigeria and the Chairman of United Capital(formerly UBA Capital). He is an Honourable Senior member of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria and Alternate president of the West African Institute of Bankers(2005-2008). Mordi is famous for co-leading the team that turned around Standard Trust (now UBA) and built it into the largest sub-Saharan African banking group (outside South Africa) in a space of seven years. The bank moved from 12 branches, 10,000 account holders, negative equity and less than three hundred employees to a $3.2 billion dollar (Dec 31, 2007), 700 branch footprint, 12,000 employees and a presence across the continent.