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Sir Chikesie N. Wachuku, Chairman, NPL AdvisorsSir Chikezie Ndubuisi Wachuku,
Chairman

Sir Chikezie Ndubuisi Wachuku is the Chairman of NPL Advisors. Sir Chikezie is the son of the late Chief Josiah Ndubuisi Wachuku who was a Warrant Chief in the colonial era in Nigeria. He was also one of the paramount Chiefs in Ngwaland of Eastern Nigeria.

Sir Chikezie studied public administration in Trinity College Dublin and then read law at the University of London; he qualified as a barrister in the Middle Temple in 1963. In his illustrious career, both in private practice and in public service, Sir Chikezie has built a reputation for excellence, critical thinking, transparency and complete openness.

With a natural bias for financial services implementation and regulation, Sir Chikezie has participated in numerous multi-national and international negotiations and subsequent agreements on agricultural development in the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Cote D’Ivoire and Ghana.

Amongst his many accomplishments in his illustrious career, Sir Chikezie has held the following posts: Director of the Eastern Nigeria Co-operative Consumer Association Ltd; Legal Adviser of the National Bank of Nigeria Ltd; Legal Adviser of the African Development Corporation Ltd; Director of the Co-operative Bank of Eastern Nigeria Ltd; and Director & General Counsel of the subsidiary companies of the Agricultural Development Authority of East Central State of Nigeria.

Sir Chikezie was also a federal Commissioner in the Nigerian Law Reform Commission equivalent to a Justice of the Court of Appeal Nigeria and thereafter the Executive Chairman of the Abia State Law Reform Commission.