THE Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, formerly Anambra State University, Igbariam, has conferred the honorary doctorate degree of Doctor of Laws (LL.D.) Honoris Causa on former Central Bank Deputy Governor Prof. Kingsley Chiedu Moghalu.
It was at the university’s eighth convocation.
Moghalu is the founder of Sogato Strategies LLC and a professor of Practice in International Business and Public Policy at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, Massachusetts, United States (U.S.).
The institution’s Vice Chancellor, Prof. Fidelis Uzochukwu Okafor, said Moghalu was honoured in recognition of his achievements in academia and scholarship, his statesmanship and his contributions to Nigeria’s economic growth, particularly in the banking sector during his service as Deputy CBN governor.
He added that the founder of Sogato Strategies LLC has also contributed to “the Nigerian society at large through his excellent leadership qualities”.
Moghalu was born in Lagos on May 7, 1963 to Isaac Chukwudum Moghalu, a Foreign Service Officer in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Mrs. Vidah Chinelo Moghalu.
The young Chiedu spent his early childhood years in Geneva, Switzerland and Washington DC, USA. He later studied law at the University of Nigeria (Enugu Campus) and graduated with the LL.B. (Honors) degree in 1986.
After a few years working as a media attorney and as an international journalist in Lagos for several international newspapers and magazines, Moghalu left Nigeria for graduate studies at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, one of America’s premier universities located in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1991.
He was the Joan Gillespie Fellow at The Fletcher School and obtained the M.A. degree in International Relations in 1992. Upon graduation, he was immediately appointed an entry level professional officer in the international civil service of the United Nations by then Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali.
He spent 17 years in the United Nations, serving in strategic planning, legal affairs and executive management functions at the UN Headquarters in New York and in duty stations.
Moghalu resigned from UN in December 2008 and founded Sogato Strategies – a global risk, strategy and macroeconomic consulting firm based in Geneva, Switzerland
He served as Deputy Governor of the CBN from 2009 to 2014 and was the Head of the Financial System Stability (FSS) Directorate that implemented the apex bank’s extensive reform of the banking sector under the then CBN Governor Sanusi Lamido Sanusi.
After he completed his five-year tenure at the CBN, Moghalu was appointed Professor of Practice in International Business and Public Policy at Tufts University, one of the premier universities in the United States, in 2015.