Remuneration, Nomination & Governance Committee

Ms. Hamda Ambah was the erstwhile Managing Director/CEO of FSDH Merchant Bank from 2017 to 2021, having served effectively as an Executive Director of FSDH Capital Limited from September 2009 to January 2017.

While serving as the Executive Director, she was in charge of the marketing teams including Corporates – Multinational, Middle-tier Corporations, Telecommunications and the Energy Sector as well as the Port Harcourt and Abuja Regional Offices.

Ms Ambah commenced her banking career in 1982 at the International Merchant Bank Plc, Lagos, Nigeria and worked with Reuters Ltd, Nigeria for about five years before joining FSDH in 1993.

She graduated from the University of Lagos in 1980 after which she obtained her postgraduate qualifications from the Imperial College of Science & Technology, London and is a member of the Nigerian Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers.

Mr. Fehintola is responsible for managing the Corporation’s balance sheet and implementing its annual funding program in the international capital markets. He oversees the Corporation’s Trade Finance as well as the Syndications businesses.

Mr. Fehintola joined AFC in January 2008 as the pioneer Treasurer of the Corporation. Prior to joining AFC, he worked with the Fixed Income Currencies and Commodities team of Citibank Nigeria and in the Tax & Business Advisory team of Arthur Anderson. Mr. Fehintola has a B.Sc degree in Economics from the University of Ibadan and an MPhil in International Finance from the University of Glasgow. He is a CFA charter holder as well as a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria.

Kolawole Owodunni is the Executive Director and Chief Investment Officer of the Nigeria Sovereign Investment  Authority – responsible for deploying over US$4.3 billion across the Authority’s core funds: Stabilisation Fund, Future Generations Fund and Nigeria Infrastructure Fund. 

He holds a Master’s degree in Chemical Engineering from Imperial College, London and an MBA from INSEAD, France.  Kola has extensive experience in the financial services sector spanning Risk Management, Investment Banking, Equity, Fixed Income and Alternative Investments. 

Kola joined the NSIA in 2013 as the Head of Investment Risk Management and was appointed CIO in 2020. In addition to his current role as ED/CIO, he serves on the Board of various NSIA investee companies as a Non-Executive Director. 

Kola’s previous roles include Head of Risk Management at Dunn Loren Merrifield, a boutique Investment Bank headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria. He was also a Risk Manager in Credit Suisse, London. Kola was one of the pioneer team that started the Hedge Fund Development and Management Group at Merrill Lynch (now Bank of America Merrill Lynch) in London.