Doctor Moses Osaruyi Odaro is a Nigerian academic, an entrepreneur and a business and finance consultant.
Education
Doctor Moses Odaro holds the degrees of Bachelor of Science Honours (Economics) from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (1965), Master of Arts(Economics) from McGill University in Montreal, Canada (1968), and Doctor of Philosophy (Economics) from the University of Ottawa, also in Canada (1971). His dissertation at McGill University is still widely referenced.
Career
Doctor Moses Odaro has twice served as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of two premier banks in Nigeria. Doctor Odaro was instrumental as Chief Executive Officer of New Nigeria Bank in the early 1980s and the pioneering Great Merchant Bank in the early 1990s. He also had a stint in academia having taught at various times in three of Nigeria"s universities including the prestigious University of Ibadan, the University of Benin, and most recently following his retirement from the banking sector, Benson Idahosa University.
He is also a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers, FCIB (1983) and of the Nigerian Institute of Management (Chartered), FNIM (1994).
He currently manages a group of companies spanning hotel and catering, agriculture, real estate, internet service, business and finance consulting.
Membership
He is an active member of many technical and professional associations, national and international, including the Nigerian Economic Society, the American Economic Association, the Canadian Economics Association, and the Econometric Society, to name a few.