Access Bank PLC on Friday announced the appointment of Okey Nwuke as a
Non-Executive Director and Ifeyinwa Osime as an Independent
Non-Executive Director following the approval of the CBN.
The bank made the announcement through a corporate disclosure on the
Nigerian Stock Exchange. It had earlier announced the appointment of
its new chairman through the same channel.
Nwuke, according to the disclosure has over 28 years’ experience in
finance and corporate governance working with top outfits and leading
commercial banks in Nigeria.
He is a Fellow of both the Institute of Chartered Accountants of
Nigeria and Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria, an honorary
member of Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria and a member of
Business Recovery and Insolvency Practitioners.
He has considerable expertise in credit analysis and bank financial
management through professional training as a chartered accountant and
from relevant on the job training.
”Mr Nwuke is deeply versed in the management of financial institutions
having held Executive Director position in Access Bank from 2004 to
2013.
”He served as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Bank’s
subsidiaries in Rwanda and Burundi and was a pioneer Non-Executive
Director of StanbiclBTC Pension Managers Limited representing the
Bank.
”The newly appointed official’s key competencies span across finance,
strategy development, and execution, organizational restructuring, and
transformation, leadership and change management.
“He joined the Board of Coscharis Group in August 2014 and is
currently responsible for the strategic drive to position it for
sustainability beyond the founder’s lifetime. He currently chairs the
Shareholders’ Audit Committee of NASCON Plc,” the statement said.
The statement said Ms Osime is a versatile and result oriented
professional with over 30 years’ experience in the insurance industry
and commercial legal practice at management and board levels.
”She has deep knowledge and experience in the management of
administrative, legal, and company secretarial functions in financial
and other related institutions.
“She had championed and established a special needs programme which is
actively involved in the management and care of children and young
people with special needs.
“She is currently a Partner at Macpherson Legal Practitioners, a
Lagos-based law firm.”
According to the disclosure, she is an Independent Non-Executive
Director of WAPIC Insurance Plc and WAPIC Life Ltd.
Commenting on the appointments, Mosun Belo-Olusoga, the Chairman of
the Bank, who is set to retire on January 8, 2020, said the company is
very delighted to welcome the new appointees to the Board of Access
Bank.
“These individuals have been chosen based on their exceptionally rich,
professional, academic and corporate board experiences which are all
relevant to the needs of our Board.
”As we prepare for the next phase of our enterprise transformation, we
continue to strengthen our board diversity. We are strongly convinced
that their skills will no doubt add significant value to our quest to
becoming Africa’s Gateway to the World,” she was quoted as saying.
