Foundations of Structured Trade Finance

Dr. Benedict Okey Oramah was born in Nigeria on 24 July 1961. He holds MSc and PhD degrees in Agricultural Economics, obtained in 1987 and 1991 respectively from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. He obtained a BSc degree in Agricultural Economics from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria in 1983. He held the position of assistant manager (research) at Nigerian Export Import Bank from 1992 to 1994 before joining Afreximbank as chief analyst in 1994, rising to the position of senior director, Planning and Business Development Department in 2007. He was appointed to the position of executive vice president of the bank in October 2008. As executive vice president at Afreximbank, Dr. Oramah supervises the business development (trade and project finance), syndications, specialised finance, research, and investment banking operations of the bank. He also assists the president of the bank in overseeing the bank’s strategic planning and international cooperation activities. He is a regular speaker at UNCTAD’s annual African oil and gas conferences. He has also been a resource person at several trade finance conferences around the world. Dr. Oramah is chairperson of the Africa Chapter of the International Factors Group (IFG). He is also on the board of IFG, the editorial boards of Trade and Forfaiting Review (TFR) and the Journal of African Trade (JAT), and is a member of the Consultative Board on the World Cocoa Economy of the International Cocoa Organisation (ICCO). Dr. Oramah has written over 35 articles (on a range of African economic and trade-related matters), the bulk of which has been published in leading international journals. He is married with three daughters.

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