Board Member
Eric Intong
Eric is a Corporate and Investment Banker with over 20 years’ experience and is the Regional Chief Operating Officer and Head of Mission for Anglophone West Africa (AWAF) based in Abuja, Nigeria. He joined Afreximbank in 2014 and before assuming the current position, Eric was responsible for Sovereigns, Financial Institutions and Corporates across Africa, in the Trade Finance Department. He was also the Core Banking System (Finacle) Implementation Programme Lead, Regional Manager for Anglophone West Africa and Manager, Structured Trade Finance for West Africa.
Prior to joining Afreximbank, he was Vice President, Deputy Corporate Banking Head and Business Credit Officer at Citibank Cameroon responsible for Global and Local clients in Central and West Africa.
Before joining Citibank, Eric held various senior positions at Union Bank of Cameroon including Corporate Bank Head, Head, Treasury and Risk Management, Branch Manager and Anti-Money Laundering Reporting Head.
Eric holds an MBA in Finance and Accounting and a Post Graduate Diploma in Risk and Logistics Management both from Rotterdam Business School, The Netherlands; and a bachelor’s degree in accountancy and finance from the University of Buea, Cameroon. He is an Alumni of the Amsterdam Institute of Finance (AIF) and Leadership Programme at INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France.
He is Prince 2 and Agile Project Management certified (Foundation and Professional) and a regular speaker at several Trade Finance International Conferences.
Eric is a member and former Chairman of the International Trade and Forfaiting Association (ITFA) African Regional Committee from 2019-22.