Nafiu Ahmed is a 1978 Law graduate from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria. He started his banking career as a Legal Officer with United Bank for Africa Plc in 1980 from where he proceeded to Nigeria Merchant Bank in 1982.
He is a board member at Jaiz Bank. He was an Assistant General Manager/Company Secretary & Legal Adviser with First Interstate Merchant Bank Limited and subsequently, became a Director/Legal Adviser & Board Secretary at Nigerian Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC).
He was also, a Director representing CBN/NDIC on several banks that were taken by both the Central Bank of Nigeria/NDIC for turnaround. He has attended several professional courses abroad including those of Queens Mary College, University of London, in International Commercial Law, Institute of Management Development (IMD), Switzerland, as well as Senior Executive Development Program in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
