The economy of Mongolia has traditionally been based on agriculture and livestock. Mongolia also has extensive mineral deposits: copper, coal, molybdenum, tin, tungsten, and gold account for a large part of industrial production. Soviet assistance, at its height one-third of Gross domestic product (GDP), disappeared almost overnight in 1990–91, in the time of the collapse of the Soviet Union. Mongolia was driven into deep recession.
Investment banking is an advisory-based financial service for institutional investors, corporations, governments, and similar clients. Traditionally associated with corporate finance, such a bank might assist in raising financial capital by underwriting or acting as the client's agent in the issuance of debt or equity securities. An investment bank may also assist companies involved in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and provide ancillary services such as market making, trading of derivatives and equity securities, FICC services or research. Most investment banks maintain prime brokerage and asset management departments in conjunction with their investment research businesses. As an industry, it is broken up into the Bulge Bracket, Middle Market, and boutique market.
Deborah C. Wright is a board member of Citigroup Inc., Time Warner, Inc. and Voya Financial. She is a member of the Board of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.
The Vanderbilt University Owen Graduate School of Management is the graduate business school of Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Founded in 1969, Owen offers six degrees: a standard 2-year Master of Business Administration (MBA), an Executive MBA, Master of Finance, Master of Accountancy, Master of Accountancy-Valuation, and Master of Management in Health Care, as well as a variety of joint professional and MBA degree programs. Owen also offers non-degree programs for undergraduates and professionals.
Richard B. "Rich" Handler is an American businessman and chief executive officer (CEO) of Jefferies since 2001, making him the longest-serving CEO on Wall Street.
Frankfurt School of Finance & Management is a private university with a right to award doctorates, recognized under Hesse's Higher Education Act. The parent organization is the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management Foundation. Frankfurt School has a second campus in HafenCity in Hamburg, a study center in Munich and a further study location in Düsseldorf, as well as offices in developing and emerging countries in cities such as Nairobi and Amman.
The Chartered Banker Institute was established in 1875 and is the oldest professional banking institute in the world and the only remaining banking institute in the UK. It aims to help rebuild public confidence in banks and bankers by developing and embedding high ethical, professional and technical standards. The institute offers a range of qualifications for banking and financial services.
The Institute of Bankers Pakistan (IBP), established in 1951, is Pakistan's premier banking training institute, which aims to develop and groom a cadre of banking and financial services professionals on continuous basis. It is an ISO-9001-2000 Certified Organization. IBP has its head office in Karachi.
Betsy Duke is an American bank executive who served as a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors from 2008 to 2013. Duke was confirmed by the Senate to fill an unexpired term ending January 31, 2012. She was the seventh woman to be appointed to the board. In July 2013, she announced her resignation from the board.
Ellen Rose Alemany is an American business executive. She is the Vice Chairwoman of First Citizens BancShares. She was formerly the chairwoman of CIT Group.
The Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN) is the umbrella professional body for bankers in Nigeria. The CIBN was incorporated in 1976 as the Nigerian Institute of Bankers. It was chartered in 1990, and is now covered by the CIBN Act 5 of 2007. The Institute is authorized to regulate the banking profession, set standards for bankers, and to maintain professional ethics through sanctions against members. Corporate members include the Central Bank of Nigeria, the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation and all Deposit Money Banks, Development Banks, Mortgage Banks, Micro Finance Banks and Discount Houses in Nigeria.
John P. Costas is an American businessman, banker, and trader. He is the former chairman and CEO of UBS Investment Bank, where he oversaw the growth of the Swiss bank's investment banking franchise globally from 2000 to 2005. From 2005 through 2007, Costas was the chairman and CEO of Dillon Read Capital Management, a UBS proprietary trading unit and alternatives management company.
Ahimbisibwe amos is an entrepreneur, speaker, corporate advisor and a board member. He is currently on the board of Karenga District local government and serves as senior advisor at KPMG, a Maharatna company in the public sector. As an advisor to Corporates, he is also a board member of Centre for Micro Finance, a company promoted by Sir Ratan Tata Trust, and serves on the governing board of National Institute Securities Market (SEBI).
Banking and Finance Academy (BFA) was established in 2010 by eight shareholding commercial banks of Mongolia and the bank training institute which operated under Central Bank of Mongolia merged with it in 2012. The shareholding banks were Trade and Development Bank (TDB), Golomt bank, Khan bank, National Investment bank, Erel bank, Chingis Khan Bank, and the State Bank. The primary purpose of this Academy is to provide training services and certification for Mongolian banking and financial professionals and practitioners.
Kenneth Nana Yaw Ofori-Atta, is a Ghanaian investment banker who served as the Minister for Finance and Economic Planning in the cabinet of Nana Akufo-Addo from 2017 to 2024. He was a co-founder of Databank Group, a Ghanaian financial services company, and served as executive chairman until 2012 when he resigned. He was nominated by President Nana Akufo-Addo on 10 January 2017 and assumed office on 27 January 2017 as finance minister. On February 14, 2024, he was relieved of his position as the finance minister of Ghana by Nana Akufo-Addo.
Adesola Kazeem Adeduntan is a Nigerian business executive with over 30 years of experience in the financial sector. He served as the Group Chief Executive Officer of First Bank of Nigeria Limited and its subsidiaries which comprises FirstBank Nigeria, FirstBank UK, FirstBank Ghana, FirstBank DRC, FirstBank Guinea, FirstBank Gambia, FirstBank Senegal, FirstBank SierraLeone, First Pension Custodian Nigerian Limited and First Nominees Ltd. During his tenure, he led various initiatives aimed at transforming the bank’s operations, expanding its digital services, and overseeing its growth in both domestic and international markets.
Michael (‘Mike’) Bernard DeNoma is an American banker and businessman. He is a director and board member of the International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children, where he has held the position for seventeen years. DeNoma was previously at KBZ Bank, Myanmar’s largest private bank. where he served as the bank’s CEO from 2017 - 2020. DeNoma’s career has seen him participate as Executive Board member at some of the most successful banks and brands in Asia. Examples include chairman and board member of Chinatrust Commercial Bank and board member of Standard Chartered.
Michael Bright served as interim president of Ginnie Mae from July 2017 to January 2019 and is CEO of the Structured Finance Association (SFA), the securitization industry's largest trade association. President Donald Trump nominated Bright to serve as Ginnie Mae's permanent president in May 2018 but the nomination was never confirmed despite being voted out of the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs by a unanimous voice vote.
Abubakar Suleiman, popularly called Abu, is a Nigerian banking and economics professional and the current Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Sterling Bank, a leading nationally licensed commercial bank in Nigeria.
Established in 1973, The Institute of Bankers, Bangladesh (IBB) is the sole national professional banking body of banks and nonbank financial institutions (NBFIs) in Bangladesh in terms of conducting Banking Professional Examination (BPE) which is mandatory for all professionals for job promotion. It is managed as an autonomous professional body under the control and supervision of Bangladesh Bank.
