President Bola Tinubu has appointed Dr. Olasupo Olusi to serve as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Bank of Industry, BOI, for a term of four years in the first instance.

The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Ajuri Ngelale, made this known on Thursday in a press statement.

The president’s appointment of Dr. Olusi, Ngelale said, followed the voluntary resignation of former BOI Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Olukayode Pitan.

Dr. Olasupo Olusi has served as a World Bank economist and development finance expert over the past 20 years.

Between 2011 and 2015, he served as the economic adviser to the then Coordinating Minister of the Economy and Minister of Finance.

He is an alumnus of Hull University, United Kingdom.

He also obtained a Masters degree in International Money, Finance, and Investment, as well as a Doctorate in Finance and Economics from Durham University, United Kingdom, in 2005.

The president tasked the new BOI Chief Executive to ensure that Nigerians operating all sizes of enterprises across sectors, were given fair and equitable access to much needed support in order to bolster employment generation and wealth creation amongst income groups in the country with special regard for lower and middle income enterprise operators