Alhaji Idris has over 30 years experience in investment banking, treasury, and financial advisory services. He is the founder and Managing Director of Time-line Consult, a financial advisory and business consulting firm. He was Deputy Managing Director at Dangote Flour Mills Plc and prior to that, had worked at Liberty Bank Plc, Chase Merchant Bank Nigeria and Kaduna State Board of Internal Revenue.

In the course of his career, he has attended several workshops and seminars including the Advance Management Programme of the Harvard Business School as well as courses from the Lagos Business School and Judge Business School of the University of Cambridge. He has attended the U.K. International Conference on Islamic Economics, Banking & Finance, and several annual conferences organized by the Centre of Islamic Banking and Economics, London.

Alhaji Idris is a member of the Institute of Directors of Nigeria, Nigerian Economic Summit Group, Chartered Institute of Management (UK), Cost Management Institute of Nigeria and the Association of National Accountants of Nigeria. He holds a master’s degree in banking and finance from the University of Wales and a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Bayero University, Kano.