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.
