Isaac is an Executive Director in charge of Corporate and Sub-Sovereign Ratings at Agusto & Co. He has over twenty-eight years’ experience in ratings (corporates, sub-nationals, banks and non-bank financial institutions), research, training, audit, accountancy and taxation. Isaac leads Agusto & Co.’s initiatives that has resulted in the rating of over 200 corporates and 27 Nigerian sub-national governments as well as their various issuances (commercial papers and bonds).
Isaac facilitates in training programmes organised by Agusto Consulting (a subsidiary of Agusto & Co) in the areas of accounting, financial analysis, credit and credit risk management.
He has made presentations to the Ghana Bond Development Committee; The African Securities Exchanges Association (ASEA) at JSE and Kenya Conference on Sub-national borrowings, amongst others.
Isaac joined Agusto & Co. in February 1999 and has worked in various departments within the Firm rising through the ranks to becoming an Executive Director in 2011.
Prior to joining Agusto & Co, he trained and worked with one of the largest public accounting firms for over six years.
Isaac has a B.Sc. (Hons.) in Economics from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria and an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria. Isaac is certified as an Accredited Management Trainer by the Centre for Management Development (CMD) and an alumnus of the Lagos Business School having completed the Senior Management Programme in 2006. He has attended various training courses both in Nigeria and overseas.
