About the author

Mfon Akpan

Mfon leads our Financial and Risk Management Insights work. She is a multi-disciplinary risk, assurance and governance professional with over two decades of cross-border leadership experience across the financial services industry.

Mfon has held roles at the World Bank Group as a Risk Management Specialist, Standard Bank Group as Chief Risk Officer and Regional Head of Risk for Nigeria and West Africa, and Barclays Group Plc as Audit Director. She started her career at Arthur Andersen and KPMG. She is currently an independent non-executive director at FBN Bank.

Mfon is a Sloan Fellow from the London Business School, a Fellow Chartered Accountant (FCA), a Certified Risk Manager (CRM) and a British Chevening Scholar. She has attended leadership and senior management courses at Wharton and Harvard Business Schools.

NAO publications

  1. Climate Change risk: Are We Doing Enough, Fast Enough?

    Insight Opinion

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    “The world is now living through climate change, not watching it draw near” is the stark warning delivered by the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change), in its sixth assessment report (AR6). In risk speak, high-impact, low-likelihood events will become more likely with higher temperatures. With COP 26 fast approaching and extreme weather events becoming […]