The 18th annual stockbrokers conference and investiture of fellows, held at the famous Intercontinental hotel in Victoria Island on Thursday, October 30 – Friday, October 31, 2014, featured the induction of a wide range of business leaders and juggernauts in the financial industry, most notably Charles Nwodo Jr a Nigerian businessman.
Charles has worked in engineering, stockbroking, investment banking, and commercial banking. He graduated with first and second degrees in civil engineering and a Masters Degree in Business Administration focusing in investment management from the University of Nigeria Nsukka, the University of Lagos, and Harvard Business School.
In 1996, Mr. Nwodo was admitted as an associate of the chartered institute of stockbrokers, and in 2004, he was made an honorary fellow of the chartered institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN).
He was the first Chief Investment Officer of Standard Trust Bank, which is now known as UBA, and he voluntarily left the bank as Executive Director, Corporate Services to form XL Africa Group.
Prior to his tenure at STB/UBA, Charles had practiced as an authorized dealing clerk at the Nigerian Stock Exchange with supervisory responsibility for daily market trading, portfolio management and investment advisory. Presently he is the founder and executive chairman of XL Africa Group Ltd since Aug 2003
The event was graced by notable personalities like Ben Murray Bruce, Arunma Oteh, Bismark Rewane and others
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