Chartered Risk Management Institute of Nigeria

Dr. Mrs. Agnes Tokunbo Martins, FCRM, is currently a doctoral researcher in Finance at the ICMA Centre, Henley Business School, University of Reading, United Kingdom. Her areas of specialism are banking reforms, microfinance, MSMEs and development. Mrs. Martins worked at the Central Bank of Nigeria in various capacities for twenty-nine years. She was appointed as the Director of Banking Supervision in April 2012. Under her leadership, the banking industry witnessed tremendous progress toward best practice risk management and corporate governance as she drove the seamless introduction of the Basel II/III Capital Accord and the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) into the industry. The industry witnessed relative stability and growth as she oversaw the banking reforms that took effect in 2012. She held the position until December 2016 and is the first and only female to hold that position to date. Mrs. Martins is a Fellow of both the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA, UK) as well as the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN). She is also a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers (CIBN), the Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers and an Associate of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI), United Kingdom. She is a Certified Information Systems Auditor in addition to being a Certified Information Security Manager. She was the first female president of the Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA) in Nigeria. She is a Certified Financial Risk Manager (FRM) of the Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP) and the Chartered Risk Management Institute of Nigeria (CRMI).