First Bank has appointed Chinwe Egwim as Chief Economist, strengthening its macroeconomic capability and embedding enterprise-wide economic intelligence within senior executive decision-making.
Egwim, a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader, is a corporate executive and economic leader whose work shapes how institutions assess risk, deploy capital, and respond to evolving economic conditions across markets.
As part of the Bank’s senior executive management, she will lead enterprise-wide economic intelligence, guiding balance sheet positioning, liquidity management, and economic risk positioning across the Bank’s multi-market operations.
Her experience spans engagements with monetary and fiscal authorities, multilateral institutions, and global policy platforms. She served as a National Consultant on a United Nations programme on services trade under the AfCFTA (UNECA/UNCTAD), with her work situated within economic policy and market direction, including Nigeria’s Presidential Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms Committee and the Board of Economists at BusinessDay Nigeria.
Her perspective has informed executive-level engagements across financial institutions, corporates, and policy platforms, contributing to discussions on market direction, positioning, and long-term investment outlook. She has also contributed to Asset and Liability Committee (ALCO) processes and supported board-level engagements across financial institutions.
Egwim is an alumna of Harvard Kennedy School (Global Leadership and Public Policy), the European School of Economics, Milan, Kingston University, London, and Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana.
