Enat Bank, Ethiopia has submitted its nomination of Brutawit Dawit to become its founding president to the National Bank. 
The bank made its second nomination for president after first choice Birtukan Gebregzi was rejected by banking industry regulators with the central bank for lack of experience in credit management.
Brutawit was the president of Wegagen Bank from May 1997 to December 2004 before serving as president of Zemen Bank. She also served as the president of the Ethiopian Professional and Business Women’s Association.
Brutawit served for 15 years with the American Banker’s Association and seven years with the World Bank. She also has experience consulting with the National Bank of Ethiopia, the Finance Bank of Zambia, the African Development Bank and Coopers and Lybrand International in Bahrain.Brutawit earned her Bachelors Degree from Howard University in Management and International Trade and her MBA at George Washington University. She has diplomas in Financial Analysis of the Service Industry and International Banking from Cornell University and the University of Colorado.
Brutawit has also served as the Ethiopia Country Representative of Agricultural Development Cooperative International/ Volunteers Overseas Cooperative Association for the African and Middle Eastern Division.
Enat Bank was founded with the aim to provide financial security and opportunities for women and the board has been seeking women for senior positions in the bank.
Source:The Reporter
