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The board of directors of Wema Bank Plc has appointed Chukwuemeka Obiagwu as the executive director of the effective from April 1.
Realnews reports that Obiagwu’s appointment has also been approved by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN.
Johnson Lebile, company secretary and legal adviser, Wema Bank, in a statement on March 19, described Obiagwu as a multi-disciplinary professional with a background in Accounting, Insurance, Corporate Finance, Stockbroking and Public Finance. He has over three decades experience in banking, financial services and the public service.
Early in his career at Fidelity Bank Plc, the new executive director successfully repositioned and grew a subsidiary which he eventually led as the group managing director & chief executive officer, CEO. At different times, he creditably led the Human Resources, Corporate Services, Transaction Support Services, Corporate Finance, Regional Banking as well as the Retail and Commercial Banking arms of the bank. He was a non-executive director of Fidelity Pension Managers where he also served as chairman of the Board, Audit Committee.
He left Fidelity Bank Plc. in 2015 after 20 years of meritorious service and in January 2016, joined the Federal Inland Revenue Service as a director with responsibility for Enforcement.
He was also a member of the Technical Committee of the Board and chairman of the Budget Committee of FIRS, among many other roles.
Obiagwu is an alumnus of the Lagos Business School (SMP 16) as well as Harvard Kennedy School of Government Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, USA, where he obtained an Executive Certificate in Economic Development. He has had the privilege of studying at some of the world’s leading institutions for Executive Business Education, such as, INSEAD Business School, Fontainebleau, France; Kellogg School of Management to mention a few.
He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria, ICAN; Fellow, Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers; Honorary Senior Member, Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria; Fellow, Chartered Institute of Taxation; and Associate, Chartered Insurance Institute (London).
– Mar. 20, 2021 @ 3: 55 GMT |
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