Ms. Mabel Ndagi is the Executive Director of the Public Sector and Interventions Programs Directorate at the Bank of Industry (BOI). She oversees the implementation of tailored financial and non-financial solutions created for Nigerians at the bottom of the economic pyramid and Micro Enterprises operating in the country.
Ms. Ndagi possesses deep financial services expertise that has spanned over 30 years across various functions, including treasury management, corporate finance, project finance, integrated marketing communications, special products management, strategic alliances, and gender development.
Before being appointed Executive Director, Ms. Ndagi was the pioneer Divisional Head of the Bank’s Communications and External Relations Division. In that capacity, she was responsible for maintaining a positive brand image for the Bank.
Before this role, Ms. Ndagi led several business groups within the Bank, such as the Public and Multilateral Desk, the Monitoring and Supervision Group of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Intervention Funds Desk, and the Gas & Petrochemicals Group of the Bank’s Large Enterprise Directorate. Ms. Ndagi spearheaded the establishment of a dedicated Gender Desk within the Bank to further the Bank’s deliberate efforts to promote gender empowerment.
She remains committed to this mandate through leadership of the Bank’s Women Programs and local and international representation at women-led sessions.
Before BOI, Ms. Ndagi worked in banking and financial services institutions, including the erstwhile International Merchant Bank (IMB), a former First National Bank of Chicago affiliate.
She has attended professional and leadership trainings worldwide, including the New York Institute of Finance in New York, the Centre for Finance Strategy in Cambridge, Massachusetts, City University Business School in London, and the Institute de Francaise in France.
Ms. Ndagi holds a Bachelor of Law from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. She was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1987. She is an Honorary Senior Member of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN).