Hajia Zubaida Mahey Rasheed

Hajia Zubaida Mahey Rasheed is a distinguished technocrat with over four decades experience in public and private sectors. She worked with NITEL Plc for 23 years, rising to the position of Executive Director.

She gained significant experience in Corporate Strategic Management of Human and Material resources, for organisational success and was responsible for the overall marketing portfolio of the organization up to its time of privatization.

Since 2008, she has been the, CEO of Zaiydah Haleem Resources Nigeria Ltd, a private company involved in training programs and Consultancy and Supplies. She previously served as Deputy Coordinator of Technical Working Group (TWG) for the preparation of Medium-Term National Development Plan (MTNDP) 2021-2025 & Nigeria Agenda 2050 (Business Environment, Trade, Competitiveness and Product Space Mapping).

Zubaida has a BSC degree in Economics from Ahmadu Bello University obtained in 1977. She is a member of the Nigerian Institute of Management and Associate member, National Institute of Marketing, Nigeria.

She is currently a member of the Board of Directors of Nigeria Internet Exchange Point, which is an organization responsible for allowing Network operators, Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and content providers to exchange Internet traffic between their networks, by means of peering agreement thus keeping the traffic within Nigeria. Other organizations, where she serves at the Board level are, the Isa Wali Empowerment Initiative (IWEI), a non-governmental and non-profit organization aimed at transforming the lives of the most vulnerable, and Imam Na’ibi Wali Educational Foundation, a non-governmental and non-profit organization aimed at promoting and creating a better world for women and children in the society through education and skill acquisition programs.