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FBN Holdings gets new board members

By on March 6, 2015

FBN Holdings Plc on Wednesday announced the appointment of Mr. Omatseyin Akene Ayida and Mrs. Bosede Adebola Osibogun as non-executive directors on its board.

The company, in a statement, said the directors would bring to bear several years of experience, spanning the banking and financial services industry, adding that their appointments were in tandem with FBN Holdings’ strategic focus to become the foremost financial services company in sub-Saharan Africa.

The appointments are, however, subject to the approval of the Central Bank of Nigeria, according to the statement.

The Group Chief Executive Officer, FBN Holdings Plc, Mr. Bello Maccido, was quoted to have said that the company was created to retain the diversity of the financial services business of the group, making FBN Holdings the one-stop financial supermarket for all financial services solutions.

He said Ayida and Osibogun were chosen to deepen specialisation in the board.

Their appointments bring the total number of directors in the FBN Holdings board to nine, the company said.

According to the statement, Ayida, who is an honorary member of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria, started his career with Credit Lyonnais France and rose through the ranks to become the Deputy Managing Director of Credit Lyonnais Nigeria.

He was said to have led the transformation of Credit Lyonnais to Capital Bank International Plc and became the pioneer Managing Director of the bank.

According to the statement, Ayida has over 20 years’ experience in banking spanning project finance, corporate finance, trusts and investments, treasury, corporate banking and human resource. He is presently the Managing Director of Ruyat Oil Limited.

Osibogun is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria, Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria, and Nigerian Institute of Management.

With over 30 years’ hands-on experience in banking and financial services, she had held various managerial positions including Managing Director, Corporative Savings and Loans Limited, General Manager, Corporative Bank Plc, Regional Director, Skye Bank Plc, and Managing Director, Skye Trustees Limited.

She is currently the President and Chairman of Council, Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria, and was said to have delivered several lectures on banking and finance and has authored a number of articles expounding on issues within the financial services sector.

 

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