By Chioma Umeha
After a rigorous and comprehensive selection
process, Muntaqa Umar-Sadiq has been honoured and announced the 2016 Young
Global Leader by the World Economic Forum (WEF) – an international organization
for public-private cooperation committed to improving the state of the world.
By this selection, Muntaqa joins a community of
past Young Global Leader (YGL) honourees that include David Cameron, the Prime
Minister of the United Kingdom; Chelsea Clinton, Board member of the Clinton
Foundation; Larry Page, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Google, USA;
Mark Zuckerberg, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Facebook, among others.
> Klaus Schwab and John Dutton, Executive
Chairman and Head respectively of the forum of YGL in a statement explained
that the honor bestowed each year by the WEF recognizes and acknowledges the
most outstanding young leaders from around the world for their professional
accomplishments, commitment to society and potential to contribute to shaping
the future of the world.
.“This honour is bestowed by the World Economic
Forum each year to recognize the most distinguished leaders under the age of 40
nominated from around the world,” they explained further.
Umar-sadiq comes to the table with an impeccable
pedigree as a young graduate of the University of Cambridge, England and
Imperial College School of Medicine in London, and also a holder of Chartered
Alternatives Investment Analyst (CAIAI) charter. He is currently the CEO of the
Private Sector Health Alliance, and prior to this position, he was the Senior
Technical
, he was the Senior Technical Adviser to the
former Minister of State for Health in Nigeria, Muhammed Ali Pate and commenced
his career as a healthcare M & A investment banker at Morgan Stanley in the
UK where he focused on the healthcare and pharmaceutical sector.
Together with business and public sector leaders
in Nigeria including Aliko Dangote, President/CEO, Dangote Group; Muhammad Ali
Pate; Jim Ovia, Chairman, Zenith Bank; Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede, President,
Nigerian Stock Exchange; Kelechi Ohiri of HSDF and other corporate leaders, he
led a pioneering work that has developed a Private Sector Health Alliance. The
pioneering work has also catalyzed a model convergence platform for leveraging
private sector innovation, capabilities and impact investments to complement
government’s efforts in reaching millions of women and children in Nigeria to
advance health outcomes. His selection and recognition by the WEF are anchored
on his record of professional accomplishments, commitment to society and
potential to contribute to shaping the future of the world through leadership
and according to Schwab and Dutton, as an honouree, he has been invited to
become an active community member of the Forum of Young Global Leaders for a
period of five years.
“The community forms a unique global network of
peers from diverse backgrounds and fields with a highly visible opportunity to
significantly impact world affairs and shape the global agenda. Your five year
experience is accompanied by a community manager representing the Forum of YGL
who will identify unique and personalized opportunities for you to engage,” the
forum said.
