Dr. Mrs. Lizzy Okereke is a renowed consulting Economist, a Partner of Cousins & Co. Chartered Accountants, a versatile Development Banker, who has made considerable achievements in business research and development. She had undertaken high Research, Strategic Planning, Project Appraisal, Implementation and Supervision responsibilities in her almost two decades of employment with the Nigerian Industrial Development Bank Ltd.

Mrs. Okereke as a business Solution Specialist has coordinated top-level Events, Conferences and Seminars in her capacity as the Executive Director SME Ventures Capital Investment Limited. She is a multi-disciplinary consultant and advisor who has played leading advisory roles to several organisations on issues relating of Finance, Entrepreneurial Practice, Economics and Management.

A holder of Master Degree in Development Economics, Mrs. Okereke has attended many courses within outside the country organized by the World Bank, African Development Bank, USAID and UNDP etc. She is a member of many Research and Management Organisations and Board/Council Member of several others including National Association of Small And Medium Enterprises (NASME) where she is also the current Deputy President (Finance & Admin). Her position and commitment to NASME underscores her passion for growth of small and medium enterprises as well as community development.