Ngozi Dozie

Co-founder•Carbon
Nigeria
Founder

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Expertise

Fintech Entrepreneurship
Digital Banking
Investment Banking
Risk Management
Strategy
Financial Analysis
Credit Scoring
Venture Capital
Corporate Finance
Data-Driven Decision Making
Primary Sector
Financial Services
2Roles
0Investments
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Biography

Ngozi Dozie is Co-Founder and Managing Director of Carbon, a pioneering pan-African digital bank. With over 20 years of experience in finance and fintech, he co-founded Carbon (formerly Paylater) in 2012, transforming it from Nigeria's first digital lender into a full-fledged digital bank. Previously, he was an investment banker at JPMorgan in New York, a business process risk consultant at Arthur Andersen UK, and a financial analyst at Deloitte & Touche. He also served as Managing Partner at Kaizen Venture Partners and co-founded Nigeria's first distressed equity fund. A qualified accountant and CFA charterholder, Ngozi holds a first-class BSc in Physics from Imperial College London, an MSc in Computation from Oxford, and an MBA from Wharton.

Education

I

Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Physics, First Class Honours

Imperial College London

1993-1997

U

Master of Science (MSc) in Computation

University of Oxford

1997-1998

T

Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Strategy

The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

2004-2006

Languages

EnglishFrench

Awards

  • 🏆First Class Honours, BSc Physics, Imperial College London
  • 🏆CFA Charterholder
  • 🏆Completed multiple marathons and two Ironman 70.3 races