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Adaze Aguele – Kalu (FCCA, FCA, MBA, FMIN)
Honourable Mrs Adaze Uzor-Kalu is the CEO of GreenB Bridge Advisory, a Consulting and Advisory firm committed to supporting Governments, Ministries, Departments, Agencies, and other organisations with expert advice to strategically align their business activities towards the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and achieving Net-Zero. We focus on Business Strategy, SDG Advisory, Due diligence, Project Verification, Green Infrastructure Funding and Capacity Building to accelerate awareness, as well as support green asset pipeline selection and verification for sustainable finance issuances.
The founder/CEO is an International Business Consultant, Mrs. Adaze Aguele-Kalu (FCCA, FCA, MBA, FMIN), who has her first degree in Accounting and Finance from the London Metropolitan University. She is a fellow Chartered Accountant in England and Nigeria, a seasoned investment banker with 25 years of international leadership experience in the private and public sectors. Given her extensive background, the tentacles of her expertise cover capital market development, accounting, infrastructure finance, ESG policies, climate-aligned debt capital for renewable energy, housing development, and stakeholder management. Her experience also covers stakeholder management, asset management, policy evaluation and impact, government & regulatory relations, strategy, and business development.
She is the immediate past Honourable Commissioner of Finance and the Past Honourable Commissioner for Budget and Economic Planning in Edo State. In her previous role at FMDQ Holdings, she was the Head of External Relations, Business Development & Economic Development Alliances. She was responsible for planning and coordinating activities of the Debt Capital Market Project Office with a particular focus on ESG/Sustainable Finance, Housing, and Infrastructure. The objective was to develop a pipeline of ESG/Social and Green investments (Bonds, CPs). Facilitate engagements, stakeholder round tables, and seminars with extant and potential investors. Generate new initiatives and stimulate innovative thinking and approaches to addressing climate challenges in an economically and financially viable manner in Nigeria.
She also oversaw the Government and Regulatory interface of FMDQ and ensured timely and accurate results/actions/responses to legislative and regulatory requirements by the company. Her team supported the development of the Climate Change Act 2021. She provided group-wide support in identifying, pitching, and winning ESG transactions across FMDQ’s service offerings by developing relationships and managing strategic partnerships that generate revenue, improve profitability and ultimately position FMDQ as a market leader. Her function provided business development support for Listing, Quotation, Noting, and Securities Lodgement Services. During her time at FMDQ, the Nigerian Green Bond Programme supported the launch of the first Green Exchange in Nigeria.
Prior to that, the President of Nigeria appointed Mrs Kalu as the Executive Director, Asset Management at the Nigeria Electricity Liability Management Company, overseeing worldwide assets of the defunct PHCN to the tune of N460 billion.
Prior to that, she was appointed as the Executive Director, Housing Finance, Accounts, and Corporate Services at the Federal Housing Authority (FHA), addressing the huge housing gap in Nigeria through the development of social and affordable housing across the country.
Prior to that, she worked in various capacities/roles at BGL PLC, from Structured Finance to Deputy Head of Institutional Sales and became lead deal orginator, and rose to Chief Marketing Officer (North) for BGL Securities.
She is a founding member of the Nigerian Advisory Committee for ACCA (NAC), a member of the ACCA Global Public Sector Committee, a member of the Institute of Directors, and an MBA Ambassador at the Imperial College London Business School. She is a Leadership and professional Development expert and has over 312 mentees.
She is a seasoned technocrat with impeccable commercial acumen and a keen ability to identify opportunities for corporate sustainable growth and SDG inclusion. She is passionate about climate action, renewable energy, housing development, and innovative infrastructure for a more sustainable planet. She has a foundation supporting the girl child and serves on various Committees and Boards.