Yakubu Abdulai
Ag. Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
Veteran IT and Cybersecurity Executive with over 24 years of experience in delivering value-driven digital transformation and risk management across Africa's banking and identity systems landscape.
Profile
Mr. Abdulai is a veteran IT and Cybersecurity Executive with over 24 years of experience in delivering value-driven digital transformation and risk management across Africa's banking and identity systems landscape. His distinguished career includes C-Level roles at Margins ID Group, Ecobank Group, Heritage Bank, and other critical national infrastructure institutions.
He has led large-scale enterprise programs including National ID System Rollouts, Data Center Infrastructure Modernization, and Regulatory Compliance with global standards such as ISO/IEC 27001, PCI-DSS, and INTERGRAF.
His expertise ensures robust Cyber Resilience, Business Continuity, and Technology Governance, which are key enablers of organizational sustainability and investor confidence.
His board-level engagement and cross-functional leadership make him instrumental in aligning IT capabilities with long-term enterprise value creation.
