Speaker Profile

Chinua Azubike

Chief Executive Officer,

InfraCredit (Infrastructure Credit Guarantee Company Plc)

Speaker Bio

Chinua Azubike is the pioneer Chief Executive Officer of InfraCredit (Infrastructure Credit Guarantee Company Plc) and led the establishment of the first of its kind “AAA” rated credit enhancement institution in Nigeria in 2017.

Chinua has over 20 years’ experience in capital markets and structured finance and has been responsible for leading InfraCredit in its pioneering role of connecting Nigeria’s debt capital markets to long term local currency infrastructure finance by using guarantees to mobilise domestic credit to the private sector from domestic institutional investors for infrastructure development.

Chinua has pioneered innovative blended climate finance vehicles and financial instruments that has unlocked green finance from domestic institutional investors alongside concessional funding from international development agencies to support clean energy access for unserved communities.

Chinua has a strong and practical know-how of local capital markets with a firm interest in market development and has acted as a lead adviser in the establishment of key development finance institutions in Nigeria.

Chinua is a protagonist in two Harvard Business School case studies taught in the HBS MBA program: ‘Infrastructure in Nigeria: Unlocking Pension Fund Investments,’ published in February 2018 and ‘InfraCredit and the Project Inception Facility,’ published in September 2024.