Fonsia Mohammed Donzo

Mr. Donzo is a seasoned financial sector regulator and banking supervision expert with over 24 years of experience at the Central Bank of Liberia (CBL). He currently serves as Senior Advisor on Regulatory and Supervisory Affairs in the Office of the Executive Governor, providing strategic advice on financial sector regulation and supervision, financial sector development, financial stability, and regulatory reforms. Previously, as Director of the Regulatory and Supervision Department, he oversaw banking and financial institution supervision, prudential regulation, licensing, consumer protection, AML/CFT/CPF supervision, fintech and digital financial services, and the Credit Reference and National Collateral Registry Systems. He also played leading roles in major financial sector reforms, including risk-based supervision, the Bank-Financial Institutions and Bank-Financial Holding Companies Act, bank resolution and crisis management, deposit insurance, and enhancement of the Collateral Registry System, and led Liberia’s FSAP in collaboration with the World Bank. Mr. Donzo is an AML/CFT/CPF Expert for GIABA and has participated in several regional mutual evaluations and served as a Co-Chair of the Evaluation and Compliance Group. He is also a regional resource person and short-term lecturer at WAIFEM and an adjunct lecturer of Corporate Finance and Public Finance at AME University. He holds BA and LLB from the University of Liberia and an MBA from the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa. He is also a member of several professional organizations.