Mrs. Christabel Onyejekwe is the Executive Director of Business Development at the Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System (NIBSS) Plc. Prior to this role, she served as Executive Director of Technology & Operations where she handled several strategies for businesses and new payment product development and management. Christabel has over 27 years of core banking & financial industry experience. Her banking career began at First Bank of Nigeria. She then held key positions at several other banks, most prominently at UBA where she rose to the position of General Manager with oversight supervision of major conglomerates/multinationals in the industry. She played prominent roles during the consolidation of the banks in 2005 and was then appointed the pioneer Regional Director Lagos in charge of more than 100 branches of UBA in 2006. Christabel holds an MBA in Banking & Finance, a Bachelor of Law degree and has completed several executive management programmes at top International learning Institutions such as Wharton, MIT, INSEAD and Harvard. Christabel is an Associate Member/Mentor at WIMBIZ (Women in Management and Business) and also holds an Honorary Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria Membership. She is a Fellow of the Compliance Institute of Nigeria.