Dr Abdu Mukhtar
Nigeria
Occupational Information
Job Title: National Coordinator of the Presidential Unlocking Healthcare-Value Chain Initiative
Professional History
Dr Abdu Mukhtar PhD was appointed in November 2023 as the National Coordinator of the Presidential Unlocking Healthcare-Value Chain Initiative. Abdu was appointed to unlock billions of dollars of new investment in the nation’s healthcare-delivery system. He will be responsible for a multi-ministerial collaboration to restructure the entire healthcare ecosystem.
Prior to this, he was the Director of the Industrial and Trade Development of the African Development bank. And he also previously, was the Group Chief Strategy Officer at the Dangote Group of Industries, Nigeria. Abdu has extensive experience in both the private and public sectors. He has held several positions including Senior Special Assistant to the FCT Minister on Economic Matters; Transaction Adviser at the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE); Consultant with Pittiglio Rabin Todd & McGrath (PRTM) Consulting, Boston; Consultant, Harvard Centre For International Development and Research Associate at the Boston University Medical Centre.
Abdu is the recipient of several prestigious awards and was profiled in the 2000 Outstanding Scientists of the 20th Century and the Millennium edition of Who’s Who in America: Science and Engineering. He is a member of the Boston Cancer Research Association, Massachusetts Medical Society, New York Academy of Sciences, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society of Gene Therapy, and Fellow of the US National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.
Qualifications
Medical degree (MB.BS) from the Ahmadu Bello University
MBA from the Harvard Business School
Ph.D. in Pathology/ Laboratory Medicine from the Boston University
Certificate from Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
Certificate from INSEAD
Programme
2006 Archbishop Desmond Tutu Leadership Fellow
