Mal. Attahiru Maccido is the MD/CEO of One17 Capital Limited. He is a Lead Consultant on Islamic Finance and Member, Board of Trustees of International Centre for Islamic Culture and Education (ICICE) Abuja. He is a Director at Buraq Capital Ltd, a financial advisory firm that is involved in advising the Federal Government of Nigeria on Sukuk issuances of 2017, 2018, 2020 and 2021. He was the pioneer Chief Executive Officer at Lotus Financial Services Ltd, a Subsidiary of Lotus Capital Limited. 

Mal. Attahiru was also Head of the Northern Region at Lotus Capital Ltd. While with Lotus Capital, Mal. Attahiru left his footprints not only in the Company but to the Islamic Finance Industry in Nigeria as: 
• He was instrumental in structuring the first Nigerian private Sukuk Al-Istisna’a issued by Lotus Capital in 2010. 
• He also constructed and managed the first Lotus Islamic Equity Index from 2009 to 2012. The index metamorphosed as “NGX Lotus Capital Islamic Index – NGX LC II” when the Nigerian Stock Exchange partnered with Lotus Capital to manage the Index. 
• Attahiru had also structured an Ijarah Sukuk for Osun State Government, the first public Sukuk issued in Nigeria which received Africa Deal of the Year Award at the Islamic Finance News (IFN) Awards, 2013 in Dubai. 
• He also worked with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) from 2002 to 2006. 

Mr. Maccido was a member of the Technical Committee constituted by the Steering Committee on Alternative Finance made up of the CBN, SEC, DMO, ICRC and Federal Ministry of Justice. He was also a member of the 10-Year Master Plan on Alternative Products of SEC. He acted as a Technical Adviser on Sukuk Listing to FMDQ OTC (Exchange) Plc, one of the Exchanges in Nigeria. He is also a Member, Global Advisory Board of MIT Global, UAE and First Global Academy, Sri Lanka. He is Shari’ah Adviser to SEC-registered FBN Quest Halal Fund 


Mr. Attahiru Maccido is a/an: 
• Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers 
• Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Economists of Nigeria (ICEN), 
• Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management and Leadership, Delaware, USA, 
• Fellow of the Institute of Islamic Finance Professionals of Nigeria (IIFP) and 
• Recipient of a Merit Award for “2018 Economists Achievers” by the Institute of Chartered Economists of Nigeria (ICEN). 
• Recipient of the 5th AICIF Islamic Finance Personality of the Year.