About Dr. Doris

Dr. Doris Nkiruka Uzoka-Anite, MD, CFA, is a medical doctor turned finance and public policy leader who currently serves as Nigeria’s Minister of State for Finance. She has held senior leadership roles across the public and private sectors, combining healthcare, banking and finance expertise to drive economic policy, trade and investment priorities.

Prior to transitioning into public service, Dr. Uzoka-Anite built a distinguished career in the banking and finance sector, most notably at Zenith Bank Plc. She joined the bank in 2002, initially in the Corporate Social Responsibility unit and subsequently in Human Resources & Training, before moving into Treasury in 2011.  Over the following years she advanced to senior leadership roles, including General Manager and ultimately Group Treasurer, where she was responsible for managing large-scale foreign-exchange and asset-liability portfolios and steering the bank’s treasury operations through complex market conditions. Her private-sector expertise in financial risk management, fixed income and currency trading, and treasury strategy laid a strong foundation for her subsequent entry into government, bringing technical depth and corporate discipline to public finance.