It started with ten (10) foundation members led by Sir Sunday Nnamdi Nwosu (KSS). The Association has grown in the last ten years to over ten thousand membership both within and outside Nigeria. It has since inception focused on articulating the interest of minority shareholders. This is done via its insistence on the practice of good corporate governance. The Association has championed several re
forms in the Nigerian Capital Market. Notably amongst which are the Central Securities Clearing System (CSCS), Trade Alerts and e-transactions. It has also opposed Capital Market policies that were anti-investors interest e.g the aborted Unclaimed Dividend Trust Fund Bill. It has had cause to seek legal interpretation of issues relating to capital market in the court of law. Its most potent weapon remains the continuous education and enlightenment of its members and the general public on how to take advantage of opportunities in the capital market for wealth creation. ISAN has participated in enlightenment campaign programmes in the Nigerian Capital Market via road shows within and outside Nigeria. Its quarterly press releases on Capital Market remain undoubtedly an authoritative assessment of the Nigerian economy in general and Nigerian Capital Market in particular. It has played a prominent role in the evolution and eventual publication of code of conduct for banks and other Financial Institutions and code of conduct for Shareholders' Associations. Structurally, ISAN has a Head Office situated at No. 6 Ikosi Road, Off Kudirat Abiola Way, Oregun-Ikeja, Lagos and eight Zonal Offices across the nation namely Ibadan, Abuja, Kaduna, Jos, Onitsha, Calabar, Maiduguri, Port-Harcourt. It also has two offshore zonal contacts in Maryland, USA and the United Kingdom. The Head Office is managed by the National Co-ordinator while the zones are headed by Zonal Co-ordinators.
