Arinze Uzochukwu, MiADRN, MiCMN, is the Head New Business Development & Logistics at the Institute of Alternative Dispute Resolution Development & Conflict Management (i-ADRNigeria).
He provides business and financial consultancy services to green and brown field companies in the Oil & Gas Sector, Engineering & Technology, Power & Aviation, Maritime, Gender Business, Healthcare, Agro & Agro Allied, Financial, FMCG, Entertainment, Real Estate, Educational as well as Manufacturing Sectors with gross annual turnover in excess of N500billion and the collective impact of over 1,500 direct jobs.
Arinze is an alumni of the University of Lagos where he earned a B.Sc. In Business Administration. He has over 15 years Banking Experience in Commercial Banking, Public Sector Banking and Development Finance.
He began his career in Access Bank in where he managed Commercial and Public Sector Portfolios and progressed to the position of Branch Manager.
In January 2012 he joined the Bank of Industry and served in different capacities under the Large Enterprises, Small & Medium Scale Enterprises and also held the position of a Credit Analyst overseeing diverse portfolios under Power, FMCG, Agric Division, Entertainment, Gas & Petrochemicals, Solid Minerals, and Engineering & Technology.
His scope of operations include Project Management, Credit Appraisals and Reviews and Analysis of Project Financial Viability using the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) Comfar software.
He co-authored and was part of the team that designed and implemented the architecture and framework of the Credit Risk Rating Assessment Solution of the Bank of Industry.
Arinze is a member of the Institute if Budget Management & Administration, Enterprise Risk Management Professionals and participated in Project Finance Infrastructure Programs with the International Faculty of Finance at Milton Keynes, UK.