After decades of taking the backseat, Nigeria's banking sector is witnessing a powerful shift, with women shattering multiple glass ceilings to lead the boardrooms of multi-billion dollar assets. This journey began in 1984 with the late Bola Kuforiji-Olubi, who was the first female chairman of the United Bank for Africa .
She led the transformation of the Directorate to profitability and sustained its impressive year-on-year growth, across key performance metrics, including contributing over 28% of the bank’s PBT, Deposits and loans.The first woman to ever hold the CEO position at Guaranty Trust Bank, Olusanya brings a wealth of knowledge from various banking sectors.
She began her career with Akintola Williams Deloitte in 1987, with a focus on corporate finance activities as well as audits of banks and other financial institutions. Prior to her appointment, Halima was a co-founder and former executive director of Taj Consortium, an organisation of young, dynamic technocrats and financial advisory experts.
Under her, the bank’s SME-focused team in 3 years moved from 5th position in the industry to 1st position in 2019 . In addition, she established the FCMB Women in Business Desk , which supports female entrepreneurs; and set up FCMB Trustees and FCMB Custody. Before joining Standard Chartered Bank Nigeria Ltd., Yetunde started her career at Prime Merchant Bank in the Treasury; Money Markets Group. This was followed by an 11-year stint at Ecobank Transnational Incorporated as a relationship manager, where she demonstrated exceptional proficiency in client solutions. Relationship management, team leadership, and talent development.
She was part of several Central Bank of Nigeria implementation committees on some settlement and payment solutions between 2002 and 2007 and represented Nigeria at the Banking Techniques and Practice Committee of the International Chamber of Commerce, between 2006 and 2011. Ms. Agbede commenced her professional career in 1992 at Guaranty Trust Bank and served in various capacities within the Commercial Banking and Operations functions, rising to the position of Manager in 2001. She subsequently served as the Chief Executive Officer of JKG Limited, a business consulting outfit, in 2003.
In 2022, the Federal Government of Nigeria honoured Umeoji with an Officer of the Order of the Niger, as a recognition of her contributions to nation-building. She is a Peace Advocate of the United Nations .Before flagging, please keep in mind that Disqus does not moderate communities. Your username will be shown to the moderator, so you should only flag this comment for one of the reasons listed above.
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