Christian C. Chigbundu

Elder Christian C. Chigbundu was sustained as a General Authority Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the April 2026 general conference. At the time of his call, he had been serving as president of the Nigeria Enugu Mission.

Elder Chigbundu has served in a number of Church callings, including bishop, stake president, mission president, and Area Seventy.

Elder Chigbundu has earned multiple degrees including a higher national diploma in accounting and finance, He is currently a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria and a fellow of the Institute of Taxation of Nigeria. He has a postgraduate degree in international relations and strategic planning, an associate degree in credit and risk management, a master’s degree in marketing, and an advance diploma in civil and commercial law. He has also been a university fellow at multiple institutions, studying taxation management, transport and logistics, brand development, accounting, and finance. Elder Chigbundu worked as an audit officer from 1999 to 2000 and as an audit manager from 2000 to 2002. He went on to work as a country general manager for C&I Leasing/Hertz UK from 2002 to 2013. Since 2013 he has worked as a managing director for Coscharis Mobility Ltd./Sixt Germany. He has also worked as a board member for the Equipment Leasing Association of Nigeria since 2014 and as a board member of Afro-Lease since 2016. He is a leasing and finance expert.

Christian Chiemezuolam Chigbundu was born in Ahiaba Okpuala, Nigeria, on November 12, 1974. He married Felicia Mgbeodi Ugbor in 2002. They are the parents of five children.