Dr. Abdulmajid Mussa Nsekela

IWA Team

October 20, 2026

Dr. Abdulmajid Mussa Nsekela
Group CEO/Managing Director of CRDB Bank Plc

Dr. Nsekela was appointed Group Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Managing Director of CRDB Bank Plc in October 2018.

Abdulmajid Mussa Nsekela is a highly experienced African business executive with nearly thirty years of progressive leadership across East Africa. His career spans areas such as investment leadership, corporate and retail operations, wealth management, and private banking. Throughout his journey, he has demonstrated strong capability in transformational change, business recovery, and strategic direction, consistently guiding organisations through complex environments and evolving market demands.

In his early years, Dr. Nsekela held roles across multiple disciplines, including banking operations, governance and controls, and people leadership. He later advanced into senior strategic assignments covering finance and strategic planning, risk oversight, governance, internal audit, and compliance.

Beyond his executive responsibilities, he has contributed to national development through board-level leadership. He currently chairs the Tanzania Cooperative Development Commission (TCDC), the Arts and Culture Fund (Bodi ya Sanaa na Utamaduni), and the Tanzania Small Holders Tea Development Agency (TSHTDA). He also serves as a council member of the Tanzania National Business Council (TNBC) for the Finance Working Group, and sits on the boards of the Tanzania Financial Inclusion National Council (TFINC), Mwanamke Foundation (MIF), and the Economic & Social Research Foundation (ESRF). Previously, he served on the boards of the Tanzania Private Sector Foundation (TPSF) and Tanzania Mortgage Refinance Company Limited (TMRC). Dr. Nsekela is also the immediate past Chairman of the Tanzania Bankers Association (TBA), where he served for four years from 2018 to 2022.

Dr. Nsekela holds a Master’s Degree in Business Administration – International Banking Finance (MBA-IBF) and a Post Graduate Diploma in Business Administration (PGDBA) from Birmingham University (UK). He also has an Advanced Diploma in Banking from the Institute of Finance Management (IFM), Tanzania. He is a graduate of Harvard Business School’s Authentic Leadership Program.