Austin Chima

Austin is a self-motivated professional with a strong background in corporate governance, legal and regulatory compliance, KYC/AML, company law and company secretarial practice. He has a knack for details with good legal drafting skills and contract/agreements review. Austin brings to bear on his work the skills acquired in the course of his legal practice career, engaging in litigation before his sojourn into the Banking industry. Austin had acted as a company secretary of a financial institution which gave him a first-hand exposure into boardroom practices and nuances, negotiation, meeting management and the internal workings of various Board committee meetings and executive committee meetings. My current job role involves legal and regulatory compliance, KYC, anti-money laundering, reviewing and researching current issues on corporate governance and best practices and has continued to expose me to corporate administration, board practice and strategic thinking. I have engaged in private teaching for 5 years. The first 2 years were used teaching company law, commercial law and contracts to undergraduate students. I spent 3 years teaching/assisting Law School students to prepare adequately for the Bar Final examination of the Nigeria Law School in Company Law and Procedures. I was a member of the capital raising project teams set up by Diamond Bank Plc to raise capital for the Bank via Rights Issue and Euro Bond in 2014. My career and interests are in corporate governance, regulatory and legal compliance, anti-money laundering and combating terrorism financing, teaching (academics), athletics and football.