Hajiya Fatima Hassan is a seasoned corporate leader, turnaround specialist and public policy expert with over three decades of experience in mortgage banking, public sector administration, development consulting and corporate governance. She serves as a Non-Executive Director on the Board of Sovereign Trust Insurance Plc.
She holds an MBA from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, and a BSc in General and Applied Psychology, with Second Class Upper honours, from the University of Jos. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Directors Nigeria (FIoD), the National Institute of Credit Administration (FICA) and the Institute of Corporate Administration Nigeria (FCAI). She is also a Member of the Chartered Institute of Housing, UK (MCIH). Her recognitions include an Honorary Doctorate in Business Administration from Commonwealth University Belize, the Rotary International Honours Award, the DFID Champion of Change Award and the University of Jos Alumni Pillars Award for Excellence.
Hajiya Fatima has held several senior leadership positions throughout her career. As Managing Director and CEO of FHA Homes Savings & Loans from 2005 to 2008, she led the turnaround of the underperforming mortgage bank from losses to profitability. Before then, she held various roles at the Federal Housing Authority, including Deputy General Manager, Corporate Planning and IT; Assistant General Manager, Marketing; and Assistant General Manager, Procurement. At the Nigerian Export Promotion Council, she administered export incentives, harmonised Nigeria's trade documents with United Nations standards and served as National Secretary of the Nigerian Committee on Trade Procedures.
She is the President and CEO of Kuva Consulting Ltd, where she leads human resource and training needs assessment consulting. She has also served as a consultant to the Federal Government of Nigeria on the SURE-P Graduate Internship Scheme and to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on the Democratic Governance for Development Project. From 2009 to 2013, she served as Managing Director and CEO of the National Centre for Women Development, repositioning the institution as a self-sustaining training centre and securing NBTE accreditation and collaborations with universities, including the University of Benin and the University of Abuja. Her board experience includes the Nigerian Army University Biu, the Nigerian Women Trust Fund, Arewa Education Renaissance Initiative and Academy Press Plc.