FOUNDER & CEO
Kingsley Moghalu is the Founder & CEO of Sogato Strategies LLC. He served as a Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) from 2009-2014, leading the implementation of extensive reforms in Nigeria’s $200 billion-banking sector and in the country’s payments system and serving as a Member of the President of Nigeria’s
FOUNDER & CEO
Kingsley Moghalu is the Founder & CEO of Sogato Strategies LLC. He served as a Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) from 2009-2014, leading the implementation of extensive reforms in Nigeria’s $200 billion-banking sector and in the country’s payments system and serving as a Member of the President of Nigeria’s Economic Management Team under President Goodluck Jonathan.
He also served in corporate governance leadership roles as Chairman of the Boards of Directors of the Nigerian Export-Import Bank (NEXIM Bank) and the Financial Institutions Training Centre (FITC), and a member of the Boards of Directors of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Securities and Exchange Commission of Nigeria, the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON), and the global Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI) headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Upon the completion of his five-year tenure at the CBN, he was appointed Professor of Practice in International Business and Public Policy at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University in Boston, USA. Kingsley previously served as a senior official of the United Nations for 17 years in New York, Cambodia, Croatia, Rwanda, and Switzerland, and recently served as Special Envoy of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) on Post-Covid Development Finance for Africa. He was a presidential candidate in Nigeria’s 2019 general election.
Kingsley obtained his Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree at the London School of Economics, the M.A. at The Fletcher School at Tufts University, and the LL.B. degree from University of Nigeria, Nsukka. He is the author of four books including the critically acclaimed Emerging Africa: How the Global Economy’s Last Frontier Can Prosper and Matter._
SENIOR ADVISER
Jonathan Adeyemi Aremu is a Professor of International Economic Relations at the Covenant University in Ota, Nigeria and a Consultant at ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States) on the ECOWAS Common Investment Market (ECIM), Abuja. Aremu had a successful career at Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) where he rose to bec
SENIOR ADVISER
Jonathan Adeyemi Aremu is a Professor of International Economic Relations at the Covenant University in Ota, Nigeria and a Consultant at ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States) on the ECOWAS Common Investment Market (ECIM), Abuja. Aremu had a successful career at Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) where he rose to become the Acting Assistant Director of Research before his retirement.
Aremu has served as an expert for the Federal Government of Nigeria in the development of trade policy and on the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), and currently in the development of Nigeria’s National Development Plan 2021-2050. He is also a consultant to the European Union and GIZ.
He served as the National Coordinator/Country Team Leader of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) Investment Survey in Nigeria in 2009-2012.
Aremu is a life member of both the Nigerian Economic Society (NES) and the Nigerian Society of International Law (NSIL); a member of Nigerian Institute of International Affairs,; and the current Facilitator of the Trade, Investment and Competitiveness Commission of the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG).
ASSOCIATE
Florence Young-Iseko is an economist whose professional experience intersects the public and private sectors. Her expertise cuts across implementation of strategic development programs, multi-donor development funds, stakeholder relationship management, inter-agency coordination and knowledge and familiarity in engagements wit
ASSOCIATE
Florence Young-Iseko is an economist whose professional experience intersects the public and private sectors. Her expertise cuts across implementation of strategic development programs, multi-donor development funds, stakeholder relationship management, inter-agency coordination and knowledge and familiarity in engagements with Governments and international partners. Florence has successfully managed and facilitated public-private-partnership investments across key economic sectors such as transport, energy, agriculture. Florence holds a Master of International Business (MIB) degree from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University in Massachusetts, USA. She earned her bachelor’s degree in Economics (summa cum laude) from the American University of Nigeria. She is an alumnus of the China Europe International Business School, China; the International Business School of Sao Paulo, Brazil; and the American University, DC.