FBN Holdings Plc has announced the appointment of two Executive directors.
The Group in a filing with the Nigerian Exchange seen by INVESTOGIST, said it has appointed Mr. Samson Oyewale Ariyibi as an Executive Director, Investment Management and Oversight of FBN Holdings Plc.
Also Mr. Patrick Iyamabo was appointed as an Executive Director, Chief Financial Officer of the group’s flag ship subsidiary, First Bank of Nigeria Limited.
The appointments are subject to the approval of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the shareholders at the next Annual General Meeting of the company.
Samson Oyewale is an award-winning professional with 32 years’ work experience spanning banking and allied financial services, business assurance, tax management and consulting, FBN Holdings said.
He has served in senior management roles at various global organisations and Nigerian companies including Ernst & Young (EY), PricewaterhouseCoopers, Standard Chartered Bank and Transnational Corporation of Nigeria Plc, (Transcorp), where he was the Chief Financial Officer prior to joining FBH Holdings Plc.
Oyewale joined FBNH on September 30, 2013 as the pioneer Head of Finance. He was promoted to General Manager and appointed as the Chief Financial Officer in 2016.
Patrick Iyamabo is the Chief Financial Officer of First Bank of Nigeria Limited and its subsidiaries. Prior to joining First Bank in 2016, he was Senior Vice President of Strategy and M&A at First City Monument Bank Limited, and then the Group Chief Financial Officer of FCMB Holdings Plc.
Patrick has over 27 years professional experience in assurance, risk management, business development, accounting and finance with Nigerian and multinational institutions both within and outside the country.
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