Pascal Dozie

Pascal Dozie is a Nigerian entrepreneur and businessman. He is the business brain behind different successful Nigerian entities such as Diamond Bank, Kunoch Limited and others.

Dozie began his career as an economist at the National Economic Development Office in the United Kingdom. He was also a part-time lecturer at the North-Western Polytechnic, London. Between 1970 and 1971, he served as a consulting economist at African States Consulting Organization in Uganda. In 1985, he was appointed Chairman of Progress Bank, which is defunct. Later that same year, Dozie applied for a banking license to help traders in South-Eastern Nigeria face banking issues. This brought about the birth of Diamond Bank. In 1990, he satisfied the terms of the Central Bank of Nigeria to operate a standard bank, and in 1991 the bank began operations. He was CEO of Diamond Bank from 1991 to 2006 when he handed over to his son. Dozie was also a one-time President of the Nigerian Stock Exchange. He currently owns shares in MTN Group and was Chairman of the company. He is also the Chairman of Pan-Atlantic University.