Bio

Chinua Azubike is the pioneer Chief Executive Officer of InfraCredit, an institution he assisted the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority and GuarantCo (PIDG Company) to establish as the project lead of a proposed Nigerian Infrastructure Credit Enhancement Facility in 2016; since then Chinua has been responsible for leading InfraCredit in its pioneering role of connecting Nigeria’s debt capital markets and domestic institutional investors to long term local currency infrastructure financing InfraCredit is a first-in-kind innovative ‘AAA’ rated specialised local currency guarantor in Nigeria that fosters market development through its guarantees which act as a catalyst to attract domestic credit from pension funds, insurance firms and other long-term investors into credit-worthy infrastructure projects, thereby deepening the domestic corporate debt capital markets with infrastructure as an asset class, and supporting new infrastructure development that creates jobs, promotes gender inclusion, protects the environment, reduces poverty and supports local economic growth. Chinua has garnered over 20 years’ experience in PPPs, corporate/structured finance and debt capital market roles. He has a strong and practical know-how of development finance and local capital markets with a firm interest in market development and has acted as lead adviser in the establishment of key development finance institutions in Nigeria. Chinua has pioneered innovative blended climate finance vehicles and financial instruments that has unlocked first time green finance from domestic institutional investors alongside concessional funding from international development agencies to support clean energy access for unserved communities. Chinua is a proponent of the thesis that it isn’t lack of capital that is the real barrier to economic growth in developing countries, but where the capital goes and how it is designed for impact. He studied law at the University of Lagos and holds an MSc. in Finance & Financial Law from University of London. He is a Protagonist of Harvard Business School’s Case Study on Infrastructure in Nigeria: Unlocking Pension Fund Investments by John D. Macomber and Pippa Tubman Armerding published in February 2018 and is being taught on HBS’s MBA Program. Download here: https://hbr.org/product/Infrastructure-in-Nigeria/an/218071-PDF-ENG