Friday, December 22, 2017 /12:24PM / NSE
The Board of Directors of Zenith
Bank Plc. has approved the appointment of Dr. Temitope Fasoranti and Mr. Dennis
Olisa as Executive Directors of the bank effective December 29, 2017. Both
appointments are consistent with the bank's tradition and succession strategy
of grooming leaders from within and have been approved by the Central Bank of
Nigeria on December 18, 2017.
Also, the Board has approved the
appointment of Engr. Mustafa Bello as an Independent Non-Executive Director and
the appointment has been approved by the Central Bank of Nigeria on December
18, 2017.
PROFILE OF THE NEW DIRECTORS;
Dr. Temitope Fasoranti (Phd,
M.sc, Bs.c Economics)
Dr. Temitope Fasoranti holds a PhD
in Economics from the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile — Ife, M.Sc. in Economics
and BSc Economics from the same University. He is a member of the Nigerian
Institute of Management (NIM) and Honorary Senior member of the Chartered
Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN).
He has attended several
international courses including courses in Harvard Business School, London
Business School, Wharton University, USA and Euromoney Training Amea.
Dr. Fasoranti has spent over twenty
five (25) years in the Nigerian Banking Industry. He joined the services of the
bank in 1997 and has covered most of the areas of banking. His experience
covers Treasury, Corporate Finance, Corporate Banking, Retail Banking, Risk
Management, Branch Management and Zonal Management.
Prior to his appointment, he was the
General Manager and the Group Zonal Head in charge of Ikeja Zone of the bank
and overseeing branches in Lagos Public Sector Group.
Mr. Dennis Olisa (MBA, FCA)
Mr. Olisa is a Chartered Accountant
and holds an MBA.
He is a Fellow of the Institute of
Chartered Accounts of Nigeria (FCA), Fellow of the Chartered Institute of
Bankers of Nigeria (FCIB) and an Associate, Chartered Institute of Taxation
(ACIT).
He has attended several
international courses including INSEAD Business School, Fontainebleau, France;
Harvard Business School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Booth School of Business,
University of Chicago, USA; London School of Economics (LSE) UIF, and Oxford
Princeton Programme, Oxford, United Kingdom.
Mr. Olisa has spent over
twenty-seven (27) years in the Nigerian Banking Industry. He joined the
services of the bank in 1998. His experience covers Treasury,
Banking Operations, Credit Risk Management, "telecommunication, Oil and
Gas, Internal Control as well as Branch Management and Zonal Management.
Prior to his appointment, he was a
General Manager and Chief Inspector of the bank, overseeing the Internal Audit
and Inspection of the Group.
Engr. Mustafa Bello, FNSE
Engr. Mustafa Bello graduated with
B.Engr. (Civil Engineering), from the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria in
1978 with Second Class Upper Division and won the Shell prize for best project
and thesis for Faculty of Engineering in 1978.
He served in the Directorate of
Quartering and Engineering Service (Nigerian Army) between 1978 / 1979 and
later joined the Niger State Housing Corporation between 1980 and 1983 as a
Senior Civil Engineer.
He served as a cabinet Minister of
the Federal Republic of Nigeria as the Federal Minister of Commerce between
1999 and 2002. He was subsequently appointed Executive Secretary/Chief
Executive Officer of the Nigerian Investments Promotion Commission (NIPC)
between November 2003 to February 2014
He is currently the Chairman of
Invest-in-Northern Nigeria Limited, a special purpose vehicle for the economic
and social transformation of the Northern Nigerian Economy.
He has been involved in several
projects in Nigeria including CDC on-line project in 2002, developed WTO
consistent Trade Policy for the Federal Republic of Nigeria etc.
He has attended several conferences,
missions and meetings where he represented the Federal Government of Nigeria.
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