Ambassador Joseph Chiedu Keshi, also known as Joe, OON served as the Chairman of United Bank for Africa Plc from December 22, 2013 to August 2014. Ambassador Keshi serves as Vice Chairman of United Bank for Africa Plc from January 1, 2011 and its Director since July 2010. Ambassador Keshi joined the Nigerian Public Service in 1975 and has over thirty five years work experience, some of which were at the highest level of government. Apart from serving in a number of Nigeria’s diplomatic missions and heading a few, he was, at various times, Permanent Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat, the Presidency and Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He serves as a Director of South Strategy and Chairman of Afrigrowth Foundation. He is both an alumnus of the John Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University and the Harvard Business School. Ambassador Keshi holds a B.Sc. in political science from University of Ibadan Nigeria; M.A. in Administration and Development from Institute of Social Studies, the Hague, Netherlands and Post Graduate Diploma in International Relations and Diplomacy from Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, Lagos, Nigeria.