Uche Orji is a seasoned investor and finance executive with extensive experience in global investment banking at firms like UBS and JP Morgan. He was the pioneer Managing Director and CEO of the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority for a decade. Today, he advises on African energy and infrastructure as the founder of VitesseAfrica and holds several non-executive director roles.
He is passionate about fostering African development and feels a civic duty to contribute his expertise, having returned to Nigeria after a long international career. He is a voracious reader, consuming two to three books a month on subjects ranging from geopolitics to history, and keeps fit by boxing in his spare time.
Interesting fact: When launching the Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority, he self-funded initial operations for nine months until the capital was officially transferred.
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