AFRICAN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT NETWORK (ASDN) - Key Persons
Ms Rose Umoren holds an MA from the University of Manchester, England, an MSc from the University of Lagos and a BA from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka.
She is president of Global Money, a firm of business research providers.
Prior to this, Ms Umoren worked for five years in banking as a senior management staff in the Corporate Planning, Corporate & Investment Banking and Credit Risk Management functions. She has also practised journalism in Nigeria and the United States. In Nigeria, she was at various times the editor of Business Concord, Business editor of the Guardian, among others. In the United States, she was the pioneer Africa correspondent of the Rome-based news agency Inter Press Service (IPS).
Ms Umoren has also served as a member of the advisory panel of Washington Post online and on the executive committee of the Nigeria Marketing Association (NIMARK), Lagos State chapter.
Her core work areas include currencies, international trade, privatisation, energy, external debt, multilateral financial institutions, structural adjustment and intellectual property rights; and corporate strategy.
Author of two books: Economic Reforms and Nigeria's Political Crisis, and The Nigeria Banking Services User's Handbook, she speaks French and English