Hassan M. T. Usman

Hassan M. T. Usman combines investment management with board oversight at Access Bank, where he is an independent non-executive director and heads the audit committee. He joined the bank’s board in August 2020. He also founded New Frontier Development and serves as its chief executive. The business works across financial advice, hospitality, property and investments in smaller companies, including start-ups and businesses facing difficulties.

Usman previously led Aso Savings and Loans and held an executive role at Abuja Investment and Property Development. His public-sector career included reform assignments involving telecommunications, transport, gas and petrochemicals at the Bureau of Public Enterprises. He studied economics at Sussex and development economics at Cambridge. His experience also includes work at the central bank, Arthur Andersen and Citibank, alongside board service with Nigeria’s sovereign investment authority.