Mr. Okokon Ekanem Udo was born on 19th October 1964 at Itak Ikot Obio Ise, Ini Local Government Area, Akwa Ibom State. He completed his primary and Secondary School education in 1976 and 1982 respectively. He attended University of Calabar where he obtained B.Sc. (Honours) Economics. He also holds Masters Business Administration (MBA – Financial Management).

Mr Udo joined Federal Service in 1989 as a Personnel Officer II and progressed to the position of Director in 2017. He has worked loyally and meritoriously with different Ministries, which include Ministry of Defence; Federal Ministry of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs; Ministry of Petroleum Resources; Office of the Head of Civil Service of the Federation; Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development; Federal Ministry of Finance.

He has handled a wide range of policy matters relating to Multilateral Development Institutions (African Development Group, African Export-Import Bank, etc. He has served as National Coordinator of the World Bank Assisted States Fiscal Transparency, Accountability and Sustainability Program for Results.

As Director Home Finance, he was a key member of both the Nigerian Export Supervision Scheme and Comprehensive Import Supervision Scheme Committees and also superintended the Secretariat of Federation Account Allocation Committee. He served on the following Governing Boards: Agricultural Credit Guarantee Scheme Fund (Managed by the Central Bank of Nigeria) as Chairman; Deposit Insurance Corporation as member, National Insurance Commission as member, Securities & Exchange Commission as member, and Nigeria Export-Import Bank as member. He has attended various training courses at home and overseas. In the course of his tour of the Federal Civil Service, has served in various Government Committees as a member and or Secretary. And is a fellow of some professional bodies.

He is the current Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Finance. He is happily married with three children. He likes jogging and listening to gospel music.