Mrs. Yusuf holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Public Administration from the University of Maiduguri, Borno State.

She has 18 years of work experience in Human Resources Management. She began her career in 2005 at CANET as a Project Officer in Abuja where she worked for one year. Mrs. Yusuf joined Oando Plc. as a Human Resource Analyst in 2006 and worked in various HR units including Training and Development, Performance Management, and Organization Development. During her work at Oando, she attended courses such as Mastering Human Resource Management as the prestigious LBS, and Basic Management training at Phillips Consulting.

In 2008, she moved to Kano to work in Intercontinental Bank plc. (Now Access Bank) as the Regional Human Resource Officer, North West Region and after 2 years became the Regional Human Resource Manager for the North West region of the bank until 2012.

Mrs. Yusuf was the Head of Human Resources in Eduman Ltd. from 2013 – 2014, Eduman Ltd. is an indigenous company in Kaduna state seeking to provide an online education platform for schools in Nigeria.

In 2016, Mrs. Yusuf began to work as an HR consultant in Zebra Multi Services Ltd. in Abuja. She was responsible for providing Human Resource business development solutions for SMEs funded by the GEMs project. This was the position she held until she joined SUNU Assurances Nigeria Plc. as Head, Human Resources.

Mrs. Yusuf holds a Post-Graduate diploma (Distinctions) in Human Capital Development from Ahmadu Bello University and a Masters in Business Administration from Edinburgh School of Business, Heriot Watts University, Scotland. She is also a certified ACIPM.