Before his appointment, Mr. Shatti was a Management Consultant based in Abuja. He is an Accountant by training with over twenty-six years experience in Accounting, Tax, Audit, Finance and Business Management. He graduated with B.Sc. (Hons.) in Accounting from Ahmadu Bello University Zaria in 1990 following which he received professional training at Akintola Williams Deloitte (Chartered Accountants) and qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1995. He joined Mobil Oil Nigeria plc (a subsidiary of Exxon Mobil) and had a career that span over thirteen years working in Exxon Mobil subsidiaries in Nigeria, Europe and East Africa. He held various positions of responsibility in the Accounting, Financial Reporting, Business Services, Controls, Planning and Finance departments of the company most of which were senior management positions and in the process gathered significant international experience in the Oil & Gas industry. He was a former Commissioner for Finance of Adamawa State where he ensured a well-functioning Public Financial Management System which promotes Fiscal Discipline, Optimal Allocation of Resources, and delivered Value for Money through Efficient and Effective use of Resources in the Implementation of Strategic Priorities of the State Government. Born in 1967, Mr Shatti is a Fellow of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN), a member of The Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria (CITN), and an alumnus of INSEAD Business School, France and Lagos Business School (LBS). He is married with children.