Eyamba Nzekwu is responsible for offering guidance, support, expertise and an objective perspective to the Board on the key matters of strategy, operational management, organisational structure and development, commercial and financial affairs, and risk management.

She is a Chartered Accountant by training and has been responsible for many start-up and transformation programs across both public and private sectors of the Nigerian Economy over the last 28 years of her professional career.

Eyamba served as the Commissioner, Technical Division of Nigeria’s National Pension Commission for two terms before her exit in December 2012. During this time, she was instrumental in the formulation of guidelines for and supervision of the pension industry in Nigeria that enabled the accumulation of N2.6 trillion of pension fund assets under management in the custody of licensed Pension Fund Managers (PFAs). Prior to this she was appointed as one of the pioneer Commissioners of PenCom at its inception.

In 1999, Eyamba was appointed the first female Accountant General of Cross River State in Nigeria. She began her professional accounting career at the London office of PwC.