Former NNPC executive director appointed AUN Business School dean

The American University of Nigeria (AUN) has appointed a former Group Executive Director with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Professor Attahir Yusuf as new Dean of the School of Business & Entrepreneurship (SBE).

President of AUN, Dr. Dawn Dekle, said in a statement, “I am delighted Professor Attahir Yusuf has accepted our offer to become the next dean of SBE. He brings the right combination of academic credentials and industry experience to lead SBE to the next level of development.”

Professor Yusuf received his PhD in Management from the University of Sussex in the UK in 1986. He has an MSc in Management Technology from the University of Wales Institute of Science & Technology (now University of Wales, Cardiff, Business School) in 1984.

In 2005, he was appointed as General Manager Corporate Planning, NNPC, and a year later was promoted to Group General Manager, Corporate Planning and Development, a position from which he oversaw Strategy, Budget, and Business Development matters.

He rose to the position of Group Executive Director, Corporate Services, in April 2009 and was in charge of Human Resources, Medical, Pension, Security, and the London Office. He later became the Group Executive Director, Commercial and Investment.

He said, “I would say the AUN system is probably 80 percent of the economy of Yola, if not Adamawa State. Therefore, if it succeeds, it is going to be more than just a success for me. It will be most fulfilling for me. And I come here purposefully to be part of that success.”