MD/CEO
Aliyu is the Managing Director/CEO of Tangerine APT Pensions Limited. Prior to the merger between the former Apt Pension Funds Managers Limited and the erstwhile Tangerine Pensions Limited, he was the Acting Managing Director/CEO of Apt Pension Funds Managers Limited. On the merger of the two businesses, he had a brief stint as the Executive Director Operations and Business Development before becoming the Chief Executive Officer of the PFA.
Aliyu began his employment career in year 2003 with the Independent National Electoral Commission [INEC], where he worked for four year as System Analyst and Head of Information Technology Department. He subsequently took appointment with former Apt Pension Funds Managers Limited in 2007 as one of the pioneer staff.
Aliyu had an extensive of more than 16 years exposure in the Nigeria Pension Industry, majorly in top management positions, during which he acquired a significant level of management and policy practices experience, having been involved in pension operations management, organizational policy formulation and procedures, corporate governance structures and framework, managing change within a PFA and the wider Industry. His commitment, competence, integrity, innovation, hard work, passion and patience earned him a swift rise to the rank of General Manager in 2021.
He holds a Masters Degree in Business Administration [MBA] from Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK and a Postgraduate Diploma in Strategic Management with distinction from Stratford College of Business and Management, Shropshire, Telford, UK. Prior to that, he graduated with a Bachelors Degree in Mathematics [Ed] from the famous Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria – Nigeria. He also earned a Diploma in Mathematics and another Diploma in Software and Web Engineering.
Aliyu has undergone a number of senior management and executive leadership programmes in Nigeria, United Kingdom and the USA. He is an Alumni of the Prestigious Henley Business School University of Reading, UK, Lord Ashcroft Business School Cambridge UK and London School of Marketing, UK. He is as fellow and associates member of American Academy of Financial Management [AAFM] and Institute of Directors [IoD], Nigeria respectively.
Aliyu is happily married with lovely children and enjoys gardening and coffee roasting activities as hobby.
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