Bio

Mr. Ermias Eshetu has been the CEO of Ethiopia Commodity Exchange (ECX) since January, 2015. Ermias has over 20 years of technical and leadership experience working for fortune 500 and multi-national companies including IBM, Alcatel, Orange and MicroStrategy. In addition to his leadership experience, Ermias brings a wide range of technical expertise in the areas of software engineering and Business Intelligence solving complex business problems and implementing business solutions in line with client’s corporate strategies. Prior to joining ECX, he held various posts including Board Director, as member of the Executive Management team and most recently, served as Vice President for Marketing and Corporate Services at Zemen Bank, a successful Ethiopian bank founded in 2007. He received his Master’s Degree in International Business from Manchester School of Management and a Bachelor’s degree with honors in Computation at UMIST, in the United Kingdom. His educational background, global leadership and professional experience make Mr. Ermias the right leader to formulate and execute an innovative and differentiating strategy, pushing ECX into new levels of performance and growth opportunities.