Bala is a finance and administration professional. He holds an MSc in Business Administration, BSc Accounting and Certificate of Mastery of Challenges of Global Poverty from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT-edx). Bala is a Chartered Cost and Management Accountant, Associate of The Institute of Professional Financial Managers-London, Chartered Economist, a Graduate of Nigeria Institute of Management (Chartered) and finalist of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN). He currently works with the United Nations in Nigeria. He possess over 10 years work experience, with over 7 years in International Development. His Years of experience spans across various donors- DFID/UKaid, USAID, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the UN).