Dr Doris Nkiruka Uzoka-Anite was born on 16 October 1973 in Orsu-Obodo, Oru Clan, Oguta, Imo State, Nigeria.
Dr Doris is a medical doctor by training and a CFA Charterholder, and currently specialises in Financial Risk Management and Portfolio Management. She however made a switch to banking in 2002. She began her career in Banking in and eventually heading the Human Resources and Training dept. She made another switch to Treasury in 2011. Having succeeded at her role in HR, she challenged herself to accomplish the same feat in the Financial Markets. In Treasury, she began with Trading fixed income, then currencies, then heading Treasury sales and finally becoming the Treasurer of the bank.
She is a career banker with significant experience in Financial Markets.
During her time at Zenith Bank, she oversaw the Fixed Income and Currency Trading desks, Asset and Liability Management, Treasury Corporate Sales, and Financial and Multilateral Institutions. She was also responsible for the investment strategy of the Treasury department and for ensuring adherence to compliance, risk and regulatory requirements of the bank.
Doris is goal oriented, and customer centric. She is highly analytical as well as being quantitatively inclined. Her excellent performance contributed immensely to the growth of the bank’s profitability and this earned her various recognitions and promotions within the organisation.
Her human resources training inculcated uncommon interpersonal skills in her, a skill which has helped her to manage the diverse local and international relationships that her role demands.
On 27 July 2023, Dr Doris was one of the first 28 ministerial nominees President Bola Tinubu sent to the Senate for screening.
On Monday, 21 August 2023, she was inaugurated as the Minister for Industry, Trade and Investment of the Federal Republic of Nigeria by President Bola Tinubu.
In this new role, Dr Doris is bringing to bear her experience in the private sector to bolster President Tinubu’s drive to increase investments into the country and make Nigeria a haven for trading while taking advantage of the AfCTA.