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DR. TAMUNODEIN W.O ALASIA

Dr. Tamunodein Walter Alasia was born in Soku Town in Akuku-Toru Local Government Area (AKULGA) of Rivers State in Nigeria on June 21st, 1962. He had his Primary Education at Holy Trinity Primary School in Soku Town; his Secondary School at Nyemoni Grammar School (NGS), Abonnema in AKULGA, and Higher School certificate (HSC) at Baptist High School, Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
Dr. Alasia had his Bachelor of Science Degrees (BSC) Honours in Second class Upper Division in Economics from the University of Maduguri in 1987. He had his Masters’ Degree in Business Administration (MBA) in Banking and Finance from the Rivers State University of Science and Technology in 1995 and Doctor of Philosophy Degree (Ph.D) in Banking and Finance from the University of Nigeria in 2004. He also has a Diploma in Micro-Finance Banking in 2008 from the Ateneo De Manila University, Philippines and Diploma in Philosophy, Comparative Religion and Theosophy from the Theosophical University, Madras, India.

He started his active working career with the National Population Commission (NPC) in 1989 before joining First Bank of Nigeria in January, 1994. In August 1994, Dr. Alasia joined the services of the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Cooperation (NDIC) Lagos as an Assistant Bank Examiner. He grew through the rank, working in different departments including; Bank Examination Department; Enterprise Risk Management (ERMD) and Research, Policy & International Relations Department (RPIRD) and retired as a Director in Research, Policy & International Relations Dept. During these periods, he worked in different parts of the country and overseas and served in several committees in NDIC.Dr. Alasia had a robust training/ capacity building career with reputable capacity building institutions both at International and Local levels including: The world Bank; International Monetary Fund (IMF); Federal Reserves of USA; The Federal Deposit Insurance Cooperation (FDIC) USA; Malaysia Deposit Insurance Cooperation (MDIC); Lagos Business School, (LBS) Lagos; The NDIC Academy, CBN Training School; First Bank of Nigeria, Access Bank; Risk Management Association of Nigeria, (RIMAN) Lagos; FITC Lagos, CIBN Lagos among others.Some of the training and capacity building programmes covered the following; Bank Examination and Supervision; Liquidity & Funds Mgt; Risks Assets Mgt; Cooperate Governance; Leadership; ERM; Strategy and Cooperate planning; Economic and Financial Analysis; Macro Economic Modeling for Policy Analysis; Research Methodology; Communications Report Writing. Business Continuity Management and Disaster Recovery; Document Management, Deposit Insurance Sytems; Micro-Finance, Human Resource Mgt, Basel Capital Accord; Conflict Management; Management, Corporate planning; Coaching and Mentoring, Marketing; Information and Communication; among others.He is a member of some professional organizations which include; Life Member of the Nigeria Economic Society (NES); Member, Nigeria Institute of Management (MNIM); Senior Associate Member, RIMAN; and has the following professional qualification: Chartered: 1SO 22301 – Lead Auditor; 1SO 22301- Lead Implementer (Business Continuity Management & Disaster Recovery); ISO 27001 Lead Auditor (IT Security). Certified ISO 31000 - Risk Manager; Certified Manager of Risk (MOR) Practitioner. Dr. Alasia has published some articles in reputable journal on Economic, Enterprise Risk Management and Deposit Insurance System. He was a member of the Editorial Board of NDIC Quarterly.He loves discussions on philosophy, comparative religion and mystical science, playing table tennis, Babington, reading, listening to classical and organ music. He is married with five children.