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Biography
Dr Moses Osaruyi Odaro (born 13 September 1937) is a Nigerian academic, an entrepreneur and a business and finance consultant.
Education
Dr. Moses Odaro holds the degrees of BSc Hons (Econs) from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (1965), M.A.(Econs) from McGill University in Montreal, Canada (1968), and PhD (Econs) from the University of Ottawa, also in Canada (1971). His dissertation at McGill University is still widely referenced.
Career
Dr Moses Odaro has twice served as Managing Director and CEO of two premier banks in Nigeria. Dr Odaro was instrumental as CEO 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 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. He is also a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers, FCIB (1983) and of the Nigerian Institute of Management (Chartered), FNIM (1994). He is a life member of the Bible Society of Nigeria and the Full Gospel Business Fellowship International of which he is currently Advisory Director.
He currently manages a group of companies spanning hotel and catering, agriculture, real estate, internet service, business and finance consulting.
He is married with seven children.