Ahmed Abubakar Badawi is the Regional Head, North-West at Keystone Bank Limited, with over 20 years of experience in retail and commercial banking, business development, risk management, revenue growth, and strategy execution.

He has held key leadership roles in several prominent financial institutions, including Guaranty Trust Bank (now GTCO), Access Bank, Standard Chartered Bank, Skye Bank (now Polaris Bank) as Head of Retail Banking & E-Channels, and First Bank of Nigeria, where he served as Group Head for both the North-West and North-East regions. He has been a key member of several strategic committees, including the Management Credit Committee, Cost Committee, Project Monitoring & Steering Committee, and Product Development Committee at Keystone Bank Limited.

Ahmed has a bachelor’s degree in urban and Regional Planning from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, an ongoing studies in entrepreneurship and venture creation at Bayero University Kano, and pursuing a PGD in Islamic Finance. He is an Honorary Senior Member of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN, a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Loan & Risk Management (CILRM), a Member of the Nigerian Institute of Management and National Institute of Marketing of Nigeria.