Member Hembadoon Feese

Member Hembadoon Feese

Manager, Central Bank of Nigeria

Ms. Member Feese is a dynamic and results-oriented Project Management Professional and an Advanced Financial Modeler with over 12 years of experience in development finance. She currently works in the Financial Inclusion Department at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).

She has worked in the Digital Financial Services (DFS) office within the Financial Inclusion Delivery Unit recently converted to a department. In this role, she collaborated with stakeholders to develop and implement policies designed to enhance existing DFS platforms or deploy innovative solutions that drive financial inclusion across the country. As secretary of the Financial Inclusion Channels Working Group (FICWG), she played a key role in leveraging digital innovation to address financial inclusion gaps, focusing on gender disparities, youth, rural populations, Northern Nigeria, and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs).

Ms. Feese has demonstrated expertise in crafting policies and implementing strategies to promote financial inclusion, poverty alleviation, and gender equity. She boasts a proven track record in managing and evaluating projects centered on MSMEs, infrastructure development, and inclusive growth. Her academic credentials include a Master’s degree in Poverty and Development, a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and International Development, among various executive certificates and professional certifications.