Board of Trustees
The Board of Trustees has the function of ensuring that the overall development and operations of the University is in line with its vision, objectives and philosophy, and to exercise final authority in the governance of the University within the limits fixed by the University Law. The Board of Trustees of Amadeus University are listed below:
Dr. Godwin Nwabunka is an experienced development manager who has dedicated his life to empowering people. He is a social entrepreneur, children&appos;s and women&appos;s rights advocate, and a strong believer in balancing social, economic, and cultural factors in development. He holds a Ph.D. in Development Economics from the prestigious Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome, Italy, and professional certifications
from Harvard University, The Boulder Institute, The Institute of Social Banking, Basel and the Centre for Development Management, Rajendrapur, among many others. He is a Paul Harris Fellow of Rotary International, a Life Member of the Institute of Directors Nigeria, the Nigeria Economic Society, and a Fellow of the Institute of Management Consultants of Nigeria. He is also an Accion Center for Financial Inclusion (CFI) Africa Board Fellow and was awarded the Financial Inclusion Leadership prize in 2019.
After starting his career in management consulting and the private sector, he served the United Nations System for over 18 years at various professional levels in Nigeria and abroad. In 2006, he founded Grooming People for Better Livelihood Centre, a global Tier 1 Microfinance Institution, as a reflection of his commitment to the empowerment of the poor through sustainable financial inclusion and has served as its Chief Executive Officer since 2009. The Centre has grown into a social impact consortium, providing a range of value chain services to the bottom of the pyramid including insurance, health management, capacity building, as well as research and innovation. The Centre operates in thirty-two states and the FCT, having provided over 12 million credits to the base of the pyramid since inception, and is currently employing over 4,000 young people. In addition, Dr. Godwin Nwabunka is also the Chairman of Grooming Microfinance Bank Limited, an emerging neobank that provides sustainable financing for microentrepreneurs and SMEs.