EXECUTIVE COUNCIL

President

Dr. Baba Yusuf Musa is the current Director-General of the West African Institute for Financial and Economic Management (WAIFEM). He has a background in Economics (BSc.) and holds an MBA and a Ph.D. in Economics. With over two decades of experience at the Central Bank of Nigeria, he served in different roles, including Research, International Economic Relations, and Debt Management departments, retiring as an Assistant Director.

Dr. Musa is a renowned expert in Macroeconomic Management, specializing in fiscal and monetary policy issues and Public Debt Management, especially in Anglophone West African Countries. He has expertise in debt sustainability analysis, portfolio optimisation, risk management, and building institutional arrangements for debt management and debt management laws. He possesses exceptional skills in loan negotiations, debt database management, statistics, and forecasting and evaluation of public debt management at national and subnational levels of government. Dr. Musa is actively involved in international committees like the World Bank Debt Management Facility, demonstrating his strong commitment to his profession.

Dr. Musa has played a vital role in developing debt sustainability analysis (DSA) and medium-term debt management strategies (MTDS) for several countries in Anglophone West Africa and beyond. He has contributed significantly to Institutional Strengthening efforts, helping countries assess their debt management performance and formulate reform plans. He served on the Capacity Building Programme Committee for the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative from 1998 to 2006. He is a member of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN) Research and Advocacy Committee and a member of the Editorial Board of the CIBN Journal of Banking 2021 – Date. He is a Fellow of the Compliance Institute in Nigeria. He is also the current Editor-in-Chief of the West African Financial and Economic Review (WAFER). He held the position of President of the International Association of Research Scholars, and Administrators (IARSA 2019 – 2023). He was a member of the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) of the World Bank Debt Management Facility for 5 years (2009 – 2013). He held the position of the Chairman of the Implementation Coordination Group (ICG) of the World Bank Debt Management Facility (DMF) from 2016 to April 2019. Dr. Musa has organised various training programmes and participated in missions with international organisations like the World Bank, IMF, Commonwealth Secretariat, Debt Relief International, and the United Nations Institute for Training and Research.
Beyond his administrative and other engagements, Dr. Musa has also published widely in peer-reviewed journals.


Vice President