Dr. David Isiavwe is the Executive Director of Operations and Technology at NOVA Bank, where he is responsible for driving the bank’s strategic initiatives in operations and technology.
Before joining NOVA Bank, David was the General Manager and Head of Operations & Technology at Ecobank Nigeria. He currently serves as the President and Chairman of the Board of Trustees for the Information Security Society of Africa, Nigeria (ISSAN), a not-for-profit organization dedicated to securing Africa’s cyberspace. His previous roles include General Manager at Union Bank of Nigeria Plc, Chief Operating Officer at UBA Africa, and Deputy Managing Director and COO of Banque Internationale du Burkina (BIB) in Burkina Faso.
With nearly 30 years of experience in banking and academia, David began his career as a lecturer in the Department of Accounting at the University of Benin in 1989 before transitioning to Citibank in 1992, where he rose to the position of Vice President, based in Cape Town, South Africa.
David holds a Ph.D. in Accounting and specializes in areas such as Digital Transformation, Corporate Governance, Business Transformation, and Information Systems Security. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (FCA), an Honorary Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (HCIB), and a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) by (ISC)², USA. He is also certified in the Governance of Enterprise IT (CGEIT) by ISACA, USA.
David has pursued professional certifications and attended numerous international courses from prestigious institutions such as Harvard University, Boston University, the University of Oxford’s Saïd Business School, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), among others.
