Dr. Aminu Maida was appointed the Executive Vice Chairman/Chief Executive
Officer of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) by President Bola
Tinubu, GCFR on Wednesday, October 11, 2023.
Dr. Maida holds an MEng in Information Systems Engineering from Imperial
College, London in 2002, and in 2006, he bagged a PhD in Electrical & Electronic
Engineering from the University of Bath, United Kingdom.
Between 2018 and 2019, Maida completed a Post Graduate Diploma in
Entrepreneurship (FinTech Pathway) program at the Cambridge Judge Business
School, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Until his latest appointment by the President, Dr. Maida was the Executive
Director, Technology and operations at Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System Plc
(NIBSS), the country’s central switch company owned by the Central Bank of
Nigeria (CBN) and all licensed Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) in Nigeria.
At NIBSS, Dr. Maida was responsible for holistically spearheading the technical
and operational standardization of all devices deployed in the financial system in
Nigeria for interoperability. Maida led a dynamic team that ensured that all
terminals used in the e-payment industry and all devices deployed in Nigeria would
accept all cards issued by banks and other licensed card schemes without
discrimination.
Prior to his appointment at NIBSS, Maida was the Chief Technical Officer (CTO)
at the Nigerian-based FinTech Arca Payments Network and Senior Manager at
Cisco Systems, United Kingdom.
As a seasoned technical professional with over 15 years of multi-functional and
international experience in FinTech & Telecoms & Enterprise Technology, Maida
between 2010 and 2014, worked as a Network Design Consultant at EE, part of
BT Group, and one of the largest mobile communications companies in the UK.
He was also at some point (2006-2010) a System Engineer at Ubiquisys, a leading
company in intelligent 3G and LTE small cells, which is now part of Cisco.
Dr. Maida, a professional par excellence with a broad range of experience, making
him technically strong and commercially aware, is married with children.
Signed:
Reuben Muoka
Director, Public Affairs
October 12, 2023
