She is the immediate past Director General and CEO of National Pension Commission, (PenCom).

In May 2019, she was appointed as the Head and Senior Director of the AfDB's Africa Investment Forum.

Her father is a scientist, while her mother is a banker, an educator with PhD in English language.

'"[3] Chinelo obtained a Bachelor of Laws degree from University of Nigeria, Enugu, in the year 1996.

[4][5] As of 2016, Chinelo is the substantive Director General and CEO of PenCom,[6] an agency with an asset worth in excess of N5.bn.

[8] In a related development, Federal High Court in Abuja on 11 August 2016, restrained her from taking the action.

Moreover, the House of Representatives in Nigeria wrote to the National Pension Commission (PenCom) in May 2019 to inform the organisation of commencement of investigation into alleged procurement irregularities during her tenure, and allegations of abuse, breach and violations of the Public Procurement Act, 2007.