Sutura Aisha Bello is a highly accomplished finance and infrastructure specialist with over thirty years of experience in development finance, public-private partnerships (PPPs), and public sector transformation. She currently serves as Director of Post-Transaction Management at Nigeria’s Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), where she ensures successful post-privatisation outcomes and continued investor compliance in key infrastructure sectors.
Sutura has held leadership roles in both national and international institutions, including the Federal Ministry of Finance, Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC), OPEC Fund for International Development in Vienna, and the Nigerian Export Promotion Council. She was the Infrastructure Finance Lead for the £72.8 million UK Nigeria Infrastructure Advisory Facility (UKNIAF) and led the World Bank-funded $315 million Nigeria PPP Project, successfully concessioning 21-grain silos nationwide. She also played a key role in establishing the Development Bank of Nigeria under a $1.2 billion multi-donor initiative.
Her professional career spans strategic advisory, project structuring, policy coordination, and stakeholder engagement, having worked across Africa, the Middle East, and Central Asia. She is currently an Alternate Director on the Boards of Abuja, Eko, Enugu, and Benin Electricity Distribution Companies and an Independent Non-Executive Director at United Capital Group Plc.
Sutura holds dual Master’s degrees in Computer Information Systems and Business Administration from Southern New Hampshire University, USA, and a BSc in Economics from the University of Maiduguri.
Beyond her public service, she is the founder of the Badr Nabi Foundation, a humanitarian NGO that has impacted thousands across Nigeria through feeding programs, education support, and microfinance for vulnerable communities.
