Dr. Samson Amedu

MR. SAMSON AMEDU (DR., MSC, MBA, MSC, B.SC., FCS, FICA, FIMC, MNIM, MNIMN) – MD/CEO OF ALANGRANGE SECURITIES LIMITED

He is a Chartered Stockbroker, a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers (CIS) and a Fellow of the Institute of Credit Administration, Fellow of Institute of Management Consultants. He is an Investment Banker, an Investment Analyst, Business and Management Researcher and a Stockbroker. He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, a Master of Science in Investment Analysis from the University of Stirling United Kingdom, a Master of Science in Business and Management Research and a Doctor of Business Administration from Henley Business School, University of Reading United Kingdom. An authorised Dealing Clerk of The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), an Authorised Trader of both NASD OTC Securities Exchange and Lagos Commodity and Futures Exchange (LCFE), Member, Nigerian Institute of Management (NIM) and Member, Nigerian Institute of Marketing of Nigeria (NIMN). He is also an Associate, Scottish International Resource Programme U.K. Mr. Amedu has won several awards including the 1997/98 prestigious British Chevening Scholarship. He is an alumnus of Lagos Business School (SMP 25 Set).

Mr. Amedu has over Twenty-two years working experience in the Nigerian money and capital market. Before joining Alangrange Securities Ltd, he was Deputy Chief Operating Officer and Head of Corporate Finance of FSDH Securities Limited, a subsidiary of First Securities Discount House Limited (FSDH) (now FSDH Merchant Bank Limited) and acted in that capacity for over six years. He also worked with various organizations including Rims Securities Limited, Lagos (now Lighthouse Asset Management Limited) as the Head, Northern Branch, Kaduna, and later on the Chief Operating Officer of the company before joining Manufacturers Bank (MannyBank) Nigeria Plc in April 1999 (now Fidelity Bank Plc) as the Head of Corporate Finance.

He has worked on several Capital Raising Mandates. He structured and executed several landmarks Bond transactions in the Secondary market. He pioneered the Margin Lending in Nigeria and developed other structured products in Nigeria. He was for several years a Member of the Panel on The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE)’s (now NGX Group) Annual National Essay Competition and was a Member of The NSE’s Committee on Technology (Minimum Operating Standards), the Implementation of Electronic Bonus shares in the Nigerian Stockmarket. Mr. Amedu was also a Member of the Securities & Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Committee on “Market Making” and a Member of several Committees including Research and Technical Committee of Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers (CIS) and IFRS and OMS committee of Association of Stockbroking Houses of Nigeria (ASHON).