Elijah Etoh

Elijah Etoh holds a CAFCA, CAMS, CCFC, CDPO, MBA, ACFE, DCP, and ISMS. Elijah has extensive experience in risk and compliance, beginning in 2011 with Ecobank Nigeria, where they held the role of Branch Auditor and Audit Trainee. In 2015, they moved to Diamond Bank Plc, where they served as Regulatory Compliance Officer and Team Lead for Head Office and Subsidiaries Audit. In 2018, they joined Keystone Bank Limited as Team Member for Regulatory Compliance at the Head Office, and Team Member for Credit and Subsidiaries Audit. In 2019, they moved to Union Bank of Nigeria as Team Member for Risk and Compliance Audit. In 2021, they joined Flutterwave as Compliance Officer for Rest of Africa, providing Compliance support to the Expansion Team in all areas of Compliance risk assessments, due diligence, onboarding, aggregator partnerships, and Regulatory expectations. Elijah also designed and implemented the Continuous Education Policy for all Compliance staff and coordinated the 'Compliance Office Hour' for 12 weeks during weekly Compliance training sessions. Finally, in 2022, they joined Coronation as Chief Internal Auditor, and Dash as Head of Risk and Compliance for West Africa.

Elijah Etoh has an extensive education history, beginning with a Bachelor's Degree in Accounting from Bayero University, Kano from 2005 to 2010. In 2010, they also obtained a Diplome d'Etudes en Langue Francaise from Republique Francaise - Ministere De L'Education Nationale. In 2003 to 2004, they obtained a Diploma in Information Technology from Hands On Institute of Information Technology. In 2016 to 2018, Elijah Etoh obtained a Master of Business Administration from Ahmadu Bello University.

Elijah Etoh has also obtained numerous certifications, including a Chainalysis Cryptocurrency Fundamentals Certification (CCFC) from Chainalysis in November 2022, a Certified Data Protection Officer from https://dataprivacyacademy.co.uk/cdpo in June 2022, a Certified AML Fintech Compliance Associate (CAFCA) from ACAMS in April 2022, an Associate Member from the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) in May 2021, Developing Your Emotional Intelligence, Unconscious Bias, Agile Intro, Cybersecurity Intro, and Data Science & Analytics Intro from LinkedIn in April 2021, a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) from ACAMS in November 2020, an Enterprise Design Thinking Practitioner from IBM in September 2020, an IIA-The Institute of Internal Auditors from The Institute of Internal Auditors Inc. in July 2020, and an Information Security Society of Africa-Nigeria (ISSAN) in July 2020. Elijah also obtained a Designate Compliance Professional from Compliance Institute, Nigeria.