He is a seasoned administrator and an entrepreneur of repute with a wide and extensive experience in venture capital. Mr Sanusi Garba Abdullahi had over two decades experience in the Oil and Gas sector before retiring into full time private business. He is the Managing Director\CEO of CIS3 Limited and Chairman Amiable Oil Nigeria Limited.

He sits on the board of several companies like Cowrie Flour Mills (Formerly Zaki Flour Mills, Azare), Amiable Agro-Allied Industries Limited, Aminci Sacks Nigeria Limited, Global Rice Mills Limited amongst others. He is an active member of Kano Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture and is currently a member representing the Nineteen Northern States at the Nigeria-China Window of Trade and Commerce.

He started his career in the public sector with the Directorate for Local Government Audit, Kano State before delving into the private sector where he worked with African Petroleum Plc (formerly British Petroleum) first as a Marine/Commercial Representative and in various capacities in marketing and operations departments within the organisation.

Through dint of hard work and dedication to duty he rose to the position of Sales Coordinator Kano Area, District Manager (Kano and Maiduguri Districts), Area Manager Abuja and later retired as the Regional Manager North East covering 11 states. He has over the years, gathered quality experience in the downstream sector of the Petroleum and Gas Industry. Mr Sanusi is a Member Chartered Institute of Marketing; Member, Nigerian Institute of Management (NIM); and a Member, Institute of Industrialist and Corporate Administrators of Nigeria.

He is a graduate of Bayero University Kano where he bagged a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration before proceeding to University of Science and Technology, Port Harcourt where he had his Master’s in Business Administration.

He has also attended Lagos Business School (Pan African University, Lagos) and had participated in several management, leadership and mentoring courses.