Sanusi Lamido Sanusi holds degrees in economics from the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria, and in Shari’ah and Islamic Studies from the International University of Africa, Khartoum, Sudan.
Born in Nigeria in 1961, Sanusi is a member of the Fulani ruling family in Kano, being a grandson of the 11th Fulani Emir, Muhammadu Sanusi. Sanusi started his working career as an academic, teaching economics at the Ahmadu Bello University from 1983-1985. He then moved into banking, working first as a merchant banker with Icon Ltd (a subsidiary of Morgan Guaranty Trust Bank of New York and Barings Brothers of London) and after his studies in the Sudan as a risk manager with the United Bank for Africa plc, one of the largest banks in Nigeria. In September 2005 he was invited to the Board of Nigeria's largest retail bank, First Bank of Nigeria PLC and he is currently the Executive Director in charge of the Risk and Management Control Directorate of First Bank. Sanusi is a writer who has over the years participated in debates on politics, religion and society in Nigeria. He has also been invited to speak at international conferences in several countries. He has recently focused his writings on religion and the state, as well as the question of interpreting Islam in modernity. He has contributed articles to a number of publications on shari'ah in Nigeria and also presented papers at several international conferences, in addition to participating actively in public debates in the Nigerian press. Most of his articles are available on the internet.
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