Shehu Abdulkadir is a Special Advisor to the Honorable Minister of State of the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment-Nigeria, He works with the Minister as an advisor on Investment and MSME development. Mr. Abdulkadir is a Certified Accountant with over ten years of invaluable experience in enterprise development services, leading and developing successful finance, admin and human resource departments and spearheading project management teams. Mr. Abdulkadir is acquainted with working in complex roles with persons of different backgrounds. He is the pioneer director of finance for (GENN) Global Entrepreneurship Network Nigeria. He currently serves on the boards of the Nigerian Tourism Development Cooperation (NTDC) and the Halal Credit Microfinance Bank, the first of its kind in Nigeria. He has successfully coordinated national business plan competitions, financial literacy campaigns, entrepreneurship awards and supervised a Micro Enterprise Development Funds that has impacted over 5,000 Entrepreneurs with the sum of 50 Million USD. Mr. Abdulkadir holds a B.Sc. in Accounting and M.Sc. in Accounting and Finance from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. He is also one of the prestigious few who holds the Certified Islamic professional Accountant’s (CIPA) Certification.