Shift from public to private sector very good for me – Okonjo-Iweala

Nigeria’s former Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, who just got appointed as Senior Adviser at the global investment shop, Lazard, and as the second African chair-elect of Gavi Alliance, has declared that the shift from serving in public sector to the private sector is very good for her.

The ex-Minister, who made this known in an interview with Venture Africa noted that her migration to the private sector was required to keep her on her toes and enable her “continue to give back”.

According to her, “I think the shift to the private sector is very good for me and at the same time good for Lazard in the sense that Lazard is the premier company in the world for sovereign advisory. That’s what I’ll be focusing on, advice to government all over the developing world.