Nilva
Nilva was a Ferengi Commerce Authority commissioner and the chairman of the Slug-o-Cola company.
Nilva was the only commissioner who agree who travelled to Deep Space 9 in 2374 to hear Ishka talk about the benefits of allowing female Ferengi to make profit. It was the hope that Nilva would support Ishka's views, which would lead to Zek being reinstated as Grand Nagus, having been removed from this position for supporting Ishka's feministic ideals and replaced, temporarily, by Brunt
Before Nilva could arrive, however, Ishka fell ill and was unable to talk with the commissioner. In need of a female to convince Nilva that Ferengi females deserve equal rights as men, Ishka's son, Quark, was surgically altered to resemble a female and assigned to discuss the subject in his mother's place.
When Nilva arrived at the space station, he became attracted to Quark, now called "Lumba". During a dinner, "Lumba" seduces the commissioner, convincing him that equal rights for females could benefit both the Ferengi economy and Nilva's own profits. Later, in Nilva's quarters, as "Lumba" attempts to fend off the commissioner, Brunt bursts in and announces that "Lumba" is really a male. "Lumba" then disrobes to reveal "her" body, leaving no doubt that "she" is female. Nilva then leaves the station, promising to do all he can to see that Zek remains Grand Nagus. (DS9: "Profit and Lace")
- Nilva was played by Henry Gibson. He obviously kept his promise, as Zek is Nagus again when we see him next in "The Emperor's New Cloak".