Dr. Umaru Kwairanga, Chairman, the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) Group has been announced as the Chairman of the SUPERNEWS Nigeria Annual Conference scheduled to hold on June 19th 2025.
The conference with theme, Power Of AI: Enhancing Efficiency And Customer Satisfaction For Better Financial Services Experience will will hold at Oriental Hotel, 3 Lekki Road, Victoria Island, Lagos at 10am.
Organisers also announced Managing Director of Cowry Asset Management Limited, Johnson Chukwu as the keynote speaker.
The Commissioner for Insurance, the National Insurance Commission (NAICOM), Olusegun Ayo Omosehin and the Director-General, National Pension Commission (PenCom), Omolola Oloworaran will be Special guests of honour at the event.
Alhaji Umaru Kwairanga is an experienced investment professional with almost two decades of experience at the highest levels of the Capital Market, Banking and the Real Sector.
He possesses first and post graduate degrees in business administration, corporate governance and finance respectively.
A professional with training in finance, investment and money market, Dr. Kwairanga attended reputable institutions including the Harvard Business School, New York Institute of Finance and the Wharton Business School.
He is currently the Chairman of Ashaka Cement PLC, a prominent cement manufacturer in the North East of Nigeria and a quoted company on The Nigerian Exchange.
According to the convener, SUPERNEWS Nigeria Publisher, Ngozi Onyeakusi, the choice of Alhaji (Dr) Kwairanga as the Chairman of the conference is as result of his vast knowledge and wealth of experience in the financial services sector.
The conference will equally feature a panel session which will include renowned experts like the Founder/CEO, ZER Consultating Africa, Adeolu Adewumi-Zer, the Fmr. Managing Director, Hilal Takaful Insurance Limited, Thaibat Adeniran, the National President, Bank Customers Association of Nigeria (BCAN) Dr Uju Ogubunka and the Head Financial Institutions Ratings, Augusto & Co, Ayokunle Olubunmi.
The epoch making event will bring together other regulators, key stakeholders in the financial services, ICT sector, informal sector and small business owners.
