Fatima is an architect, real estate developer and construction management professional. She is the Non-Executive Chairperson of the Filmo Group.
She was the Chief Executive Officer of the Filmo Group and Deputy President of the Housing Finance Professionals Association of Nigeria.
She serves on the boards of NMRC (Nigeria Mortgage Refinance Company), Landmark Global Realty and the OANDO Foundation, as well as the Advisory Board of the Chapel Hill Denham Fund for Women.
She is also a WIMBOARD Ambassador (WIMBIZ Initiative) and a member of the Presidential Committee for Flood Relief and Rehabilitation.
A graduate of both Architecture and Urban Studies from the University of Minnesota, U.S.A., she holds a M.Sc. (Arch.) in Economics and Management of Construction from the University of London.