NFW 2020 Speakers

Francis Anatogu

Francis Anatogu is a Senior Special Assistant to the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on Public Sector Matters and Secretary to Nigeria’s National Action Committee on AfCFTA. In that role he heads the Secretariat that coordinates the AfCFTA readiness programmes of government ministries and agencies and private sector stakeholders.

He was also the Secretary of the Presidential Committee on the Impact and Readiness Assessment of the AfCFTA and coordinated the advocacy, impact and readiness assessment, decision analysis and stakeholder engagements that resulted in Nigeria joining the African Continental Free Trade Area.

His expertise is in the areas of policy formulation and implementation, strategic planning, organizational transformation and program management.

Francis joined the Presidency from Deloitte where he was the West Africa Energy and Natural Resources Consulting Lead. Prior to Deloitte, he worked in a similar role at Accenture. Francis started his career at Shell Group working on energy and infrastructure projects around the world.

He studied Mechanical Engineering at the University of Nigeria Nsukka and has an MBA from the Judge Business School, University of Cambridge.

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