Английская Википедия:Chinwe Egwim

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Chinwe Egwim is a Nigerian Economist, Banker, Corporate Executive, Technocrat, and Author, who serves as the Chief economist, and Head of Economic Research and Intelligence of Coronation Merchant Bank. She formerly served as the lead economist at FBNQuest Merchant Bank, and was an executive member of WIMBIZ. In 2022, she became an executive member of Association of Professional Women Bankers, and was appointed a member of the Presidential Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms Committee in 2023.

Early life

Chinwe Egwim is from Imo state and is the daughter of Chief Paschal Egwim, the Director General and CEO at the Bureau of Public Procurement and Price Intelligence (Imo State) and former senior executive leader in Shell E&P. She was born on 28 October in Warri, Delta State, and had her primary education at the British School in Assen, Netherlands, and the Montessori International School in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. She had her secondary education at Jephthah Comprehensive Secondary School in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, then proceeded to Ghana, where she graduated with a bachelor's degree in economics from KNUST. She is an alumna of European School of Economics and also holds a master's degree in Financial Economics from Kingston University London.

Career

Early career 2009-2011: CBN, and African Positive Outlook

In 2009, Chinwe began her career, working at the Fiscal Division Unit within the research department at Central Bank of Nigeria, where she was exposed to the intricacies of government revenue and expenditure analysis. In 2011, she served as a research analyst at African Positive Outlook (now Helmar Care and Community Services LTD) in the United Kingdom.

2013-2021:Fitch Ratings, and FBNQuest

In 2013, Chinwe joined Fitch Ratings as part of the sub-National Ratings team, where she played a major role in analyzing economic conditions in sub-Saharan African countries, contributing to credit risk rating reports and various written outputs. Following her return to Nigeria, she joined FBNQuest Merchant Bank, and also went on to work with Africa Investment Roundtable as the Resident Economist for the research-based initiative. In 2019, she was a Agender Contributor at the 28th World Economic Forum held in Cape Town, South Africa.

2021-present:Coronation Merchant Bank

On 28 June 2021, Coronation Merchant Bank Limited appointed Chinwe Egwim as the Chief Economist and Head of Economic Research and Intelligence at Coronation Merchant Bank. In 2023, Chinwe was appointed a member of the Presidential Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms Committee. The committee was established by the 16th and current president of Nigeria Bola Tinubu, with the sole aim of reviewing and redesign Nigeria’s fiscal system for revenue mobilisation, quality of government spending, and sustainable debt management.

Public speaking

Chinwe has delivered speeches at many public and private summits on macroeconomics. She has been a television guest on economic programs on BBC, CNBC Africa, Arise News, and Channels TV. On 8 August 2019, Chinwe spoke about Africa aiming to create the world's largest trading bloc at World Economic Forum. On 16 November 2019, during her TED talk, she spoke about equipping females, as they have contributed to economic conversations around empowering women. In 2021, she contributed to dialogues around emerging Africa by Mary Beth Leonard. In 2022, she was among the speakers at the 28 Nigerian Economic Summit, themed: “2023 and Beyond: Priorities for Shared Prosperity” held at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja. In 2023, Chinwe delivered a keynote speech at A New Dawn: Plotting a Course for West African Trade.

Books

• Understanding Economic “Jargon” (2020)
• Super E: the Inflation Smackdown (2023)

Selected publications

• An industry in need of stitches (2016).

• State government finances: A curate’s egg (2016).

• The squeeze on consumers’ pockets (2016).

• The ugly truth: Public finances on a precipice (2017).

• Towards a business-friendly environment (2017).

• Digital economy, still scratching the surface (2018).

• Economic landscape: 2017 in review (2018).

Awards and recognition

Awards

Year	Ceremony	Prize	Result
2018	The Future Awards Africa	Professional Service	Шаблон:Nom
	HER Network	Career Woman of the Year	Шаблон:Won
2021	The Accenture Gender Mainstreaming Awards	Positive Role Model - West Africa	Шаблон:Won
	CIBN Awards	X-factor	Шаблон:Nom

Recognition

• 2017: Inspired by Glory cited her in their #womensupportingwomen Power List.

• 2018: Leading Ladies Africa named her, as one of Nigeria's Most Influential Women.

• 2018: YNaija listed her on its Power List of most influential personalities.

• 2019: BellaNaija cited her on its list of 48 Women Who Are Champions of Nigeria’s Banking Industry.

• 2020: MIPAD Under 40 in Business & Entrepreneurship - Most Influential People of African Descent.