Mrs. Biola Shotunde (FWC), is the Associate Director, Intelligence, and Investigation Support & CTR Analysis at the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU), Abuja. She has about 24-years cognate working experience across private and public sectors respectively.

She is a foundation staff of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU). Prior to her current position, she was head field intelligence and counterterrorism and Strategic Intelligence and head of Capital Market & Insurance Operations Analysis Department respectively.

The NFIU is the central repository of all financial intelligence related to the combat of corruption, money laundering, terrorism, trafficking in persons, narcotics, and proliferation of weapons of mass destruction in Nigeria. The NFIU has statutory mandate to receive, analyse and disseminate intelligence to all relevant stakeholders within the Nigerian national security system comprising of all security, intelligence and law enforcement communities and engages with other national FIUs of about 167 countries through active exchange of intelligence.

She is a 2-time recipient of the U. S Department of Defence IMET Awards to National Defence University, and National Intelligence University (DIA) Washington Dc respectively.

She holds a master’s degree in strategic security studies from the National Defence University, Washington Dc in 2015. She also obtained the U.S War College (Postgraduate) Diploma in National Security Strategy and Counter Terrorism in 2015. She holds an Advanced Certificate in Strategic Intelligence Leadership from the National Intelligence University, Washington Dc in 2016.

She also holds a master’s degree in Policy Analysis & Administration (Agric) from the University of Ibadan – Nigeria in 2007 having previously earned HND in Accountancy (Upper Credit) in 1997 from the Federal Polytechnic Bida in Niger State, Nigeria.