Charles Chukwuma Soludo
| Charles Chukwuma Soludo | |
|---|---|
| Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria | |
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In office 29 May 2004 – 29 May 2009 |
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| President |
Olusegun Obasanjo Umaru Yar'Adua |
| Preceded by | Joseph Oladele Sanusi |
| Succeeded by | Sanusi Lamido Sanusi |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
28 July 1960 (age 56) Aguata LGA, Anambra State |
| Nationality | Nigerian |
| Spouse(s) | Nonye |
| Children | Six |
| Occupation | Economics professor |
Charles Chukwuma Soludo, CFR (born 28 July 1960) is a Nigerian economics professor and a former Governor and chairman of the board of directors of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). He was named Governor on 29 May 2004. He is also a member of the British Department for International Development's International Advisory Group.
Prof Soludo has been visiting scholar at the International Monetary Fund, the University of Cambridge, the Brookings Institution, the University of Warwick and the University of Oxford and a visiting professor at Swarthmore College (USA). He has also worked as a consultant for a number of international organisations, including The World Bank, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, and the United Nations Development Programme.
Soludo is a core professional in the business of macroeconomics. He obtained his three degrees and then professorship at the University of Nigeria in Nsukka, Enugu State. He graduated with a First Class Honors degree in 1984, an MSc Economics in 1987, and a PhD in 1989, winning prizes for the best student at all three levels.
He has been trained and involved in research, teaching and auditing in such disciplines as the multi-country macro econometric modelling, techniques of computable general equilibrium modelling, survey methodology and panel data econometrics, among others. Soludo studied and taught these courses at many Universities, including Oxford, Cambridge and Warwick. He has co-authored, co-edited and authored about ten books on this subject matter.
In 1998 Soludo was appointed to the position of professor of economics at the University of Nigeria; the next year he became a visiting professor at Swarthmore College in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, US.
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