Urbane and intellectual, Nigeria’s Central Bank Governor Mallam Sanusi has combined a long career in commercial banking with studies for a degree in Islamic law and his duties as a Prince in Kano’s royal house. His grandfather, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi, was the Eleventh Emir of Kano. Appointed Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, June 2009, he has also served as the Area Manager at ICON Limited, Kano; Principal Manager, Risk Management Division, United Bank for Africa, 1997; Assistant General Manager, United Bank for Africa, 1998; Head, Risk Management Department, United Bank for Africa; Executive Director, Risk Management and Control, First Bank, 2005; Chief Executive, First Bank, 2009.