Dr. Hassan Mahmud

Dr. Mahmud Hassan is an economist, financial sector regulator, and central banker with over 30 years of financial sector regulation, policy research and public service experience. Before his retirement from the Central Bank of Nigeria in 2024, he was one time the Director, Trade and Exchange Department, as well as the Director of Monetary Policy Department during his career at the Bank. Prior to these roles, he was the Group Head, Macro-prudential Analysis in the Financial Policy and Regulation Department at the Bank. He also served at the African Union Commission, Ethiopia, as a technical expert and lead consultant on African trade integration and monetary Union. He currently serve on the Boards of many multilateral corporations,Including the African Finance Corporation. He is a visiting scholar and faculty in many Nigeria Universities, including, scholar of Applied Macroeconomics at the Energy Business School of the Federal University of Petroleum Resources, Effurun,, Nigeria, and a visiting Professor of Economics at the Baze University. Abuja. Nigeria. He has published many research articles in the fields of applied macroeconomics, Petroleum economics, Energy, Institutions, environment, Sustainability and Growth. He holds a MSc in Energy Economics and Policy and a PhD in Economics from University of Surrey, United Kingdom.