Chinua Azubike

Chief Executive Officer
InfraCredit

Biography

Chinua Azubike is the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of InfraCredit. As the pioneer CEO,
Chinua’s role involved the establishment of InfraCredit in 2017 on behalf of the sponsors, the Nigeria
Sovereign Investment Authority and PIDG (GuarantCo), as its first employee.
Over the past 5 years, Chinua has been responsible for leading InfraCredit in its pioneering role of
connecting Nigeria’s debt capital markets to long term local currency infrastructure finance by using
guarantees to mobilise domestic credit to the private sector from local pension funds, insurance
companies and other domestic institutional investors.
Chinua has garnered over 20 years’ experience in corporate/structured finance and debt capital market
roles. Chinua has a strong and practical know-how of local capital markets with a firm interest in market
development and has acted as a lead adviser in the establishment of key development finance
institutions in Nigeria.
Chinua is currently the chairperson of the Regulation Consolidation Sub-Committee of FMDQ Debt
Capital Market Development Project. Chinua is a protagonist of Harvard Business School’s Case Study
on “Infrastructure in Nigeria: Unlocking Pension Fund Investments” published in February 2018 and is
being taught on HBS’ MBA Program. He holds an MSc. in Finance & Financial Law from University of
London and studied law at the University of Lagos, Nigeria.

Speaker at these events:

Bonds, Loans & ESG Capital Markets Africa 2023

• Financing infrastructure: How to successfully structure infrastructure deals on the African continent in 2023

ESG & Capital Markets Africa 2020 - Virtual Conference

• Deconstructing the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): How can we start applying these principles to the African market?

Bonds, Loans & Sukuk Africa 2020

Bonds, Loans & Sukuk Nigeria 2018