The Guest Speaker of the Event which is themed “2016 Budget: The Role of the Real Estate Sector in reshaping the Economy” and scheduled to hold on January 27, 2016 at the Metropolitan Club, 15 Kofo Abayomi Street, Victoria Island at 6 pm prompt, is Mr Bismarck Rewane, the Managing Director of Financial Derivatives Company Limited.
He has over thirty years experience as an Economist, Banker & Financial Analyst. He started his career with Barclays Bank International in the UK and worked with the Economic Intelligence Unit of Barclays Bank International before joining the First National Bank of Chicago (now J. P. Morgan/Chase). During a long stint in merchant banking with the First National Bank of Chicago, he rose to a General Manager and Treasurer of the Bank, later known as the International Merchant Bank Nigeria. He retired from the Bank to co-found Financial Derivatives Company, the leading Economic and Business Research institution in Nigeria. Mr Rewane serves on the Board of Director of some multinational and Nigerian companies including Guinness Nigeria, Navgas, Top Feeds Nigeria Limited & Delta Packaging Nigeria, First City Monument Bank and UBA Pensions Custodian. Mr Rewane is a part time facilitator of Macro-economic programme at the Lagos Business School, and a renowned and acclaimed commentator on contemporary political and economic issues.