adsFirstBank has appointed Chinwe Egwim as Chief Economist, showing the growing importance of economic intelligence and market strategy in Nigeria’s increasingly complex financial environment.
These are times where banks are navigating inflationary pressures, exchange rate volatility, tighter liquidity conditions, and shifting regulatory realities. For financial institutions, economic analysis is no longer confined to research reports or outlook presentations. It is increasingly central to balance sheet decisions, capital allocation, liquidity management, and long-term market positioning.
Egwim steps into the role with experience that cuts across financial markets, economic policy, and international development platforms. Over the years, she has built a reputation as one of the more visible economic voices shaping conversations around Nigeria’s macroeconomic direction and Africa’s evolving trade landscape.
A World Economic Forum Young Global Leader, Egwim has worked across corporate, policy, and advisory spaces, engaging with institutions on economic trends, investment outlook, and market risk.
At FirstBank, she is expected to lead enterprise-wide economic intelligence, with responsibility for guiding economic risk positioning, liquidity strategy, and balance sheet direction across the bank’s operations and subsidiaries.adsads
