Arunma Oteh
Economist | Author | Former Vice President, World Bank
Focus Area: Finance & Capital Markets, Economic Empowerment
Country:Nigeria
Arunma Oteh is a globally recognized economist and financial leader with a distinguished career spanning the World Bank, the African Development Bank (AfDB), and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Nigeria. At SEC Nigeria (2010–2015), she revitalized Nigeria’s capital markets post-financial crisis. A Harvard MBA graduate, Oteh is a passionate advocate for financial inclusion and women’s empowerment. She recently published All Hands on Deck: Unleash Prosperity Through World-Class Capital Markets, a masterclass on how capital markets shape nations, businesses, and individual wealth. Her accolades include Nigeria’s Officer of the Order of the Niger (OON) and Forbes Africa’s 50 Most Powerful Women (2020).