Ambassaor Umar Iliya Damagum is a dynamic administrator with experience in board politics spanning a period of 15 years at Goldlink Insurance Plc, Abuja Investment Company Limited, Yobe State Investment and Yobe State Housing Corporation.

Ambassaor Umar Iliya Damagum obtained a Master’s in Business Administration in 2004. He also obtained a Post Graduate Diploma in Management and a Bachelor of Arts in Education (Economics) at the University of Maiduguri in the year 1996 and 1988 respectively. He attended several courses, seminars, conferences and workshops in Banking, Economy, Diplomacy and Public Sector Administration. He was further awarded Honorary Diplomas and Certificate by the Governing Board of Adiri, Bucharest- Romania, Iulian Antonescu Museum (Bacau-Romania) and The Family International (Timisoara-Romania

Ambassaor Umar Iliya Damagum was a Council Member of Nigerian Shippers Council from 2002 to 2004 and National Health Insurance Scheme 2012 to 2015. He was the Managing Director/Chairman of Family Investment Nigeria Limited. He was the Nigerian Ambassador to Romania between 2004 to 2007 and currently appointed as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary