Director

Ms. Mabel Ndagi is currently the Executive Director of the Micro Enterprise 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 as well as 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 as well as gender development.

Prior to being appointed as an Executive Director, Ms. Ndagi served as 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, Monitoring and Supervision Group of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Intervention Funds Desk as well as the Gas & Petrochemicals Group of the Bank’s Large Enterprise Directorate. Ms. Ndagi spearheaded the setup of a dedicated Gender Desk within the Bank in furtherance of the Bank’s deliberate efforts to promote gender empowerment.

She remains committed to this mandate through her leadership of the Bank’s Women Programmes as well as local and international representations at women-led sessions.

Prior to BOI, Ms. Ndagi had worked in Banking and Financial Services Institutions including the erstwhile International Merchant Bank (IMB), a former affiliate of First National Bank of Chicago.

She has attended various professional and leadership trainings around the world. These include New York Institute of Finance, New York; Centre for Finance Strategy, Cambridge Massachusetts, City University Business School, London as well as Institute de Francaise, France.

Ms. Ndagi holds a Bachelor of Law Degree from the 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).