Bolaji Agbede Access Holdings, on Monday, February 12th, 2024, announced the appointment of Bolaji Agbede, as its Acting Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO). This comes after the demise of its former GCEO, Herbert Wigwe.
Wigwe was reported dead alongside his wife, son, and a former chairman of the Nigeria Exchange Group, Abimboloa Ogunbanjo in a helicopter crash in the United States of America.
Announcing the board resolutions on the appointment of an Acting Group CEO for the company, Access Holdings, said “Further to its announcement dated February 11, 2024, the Board of Directors of Access Holdings Plc (‘the Company’) has today announced the appointment of Ms Bolaji Agbede as the Acting Group Chief Executive Officer of the Company following the unfortunate demise of its former Group Chief Executive Officer, Dr Herbert Wigwe, on February 9, 2024.
The state further disclosed that Ms Agbede joined Access Bank in 2003 as an Assistant General, with nearly three decades of professional experience cutting across banking and business consultancy services.
She served in different roles at the bank including, Head, Group Human Resources between 2010 and 2022 before she was appointed the company’s founding Executive Director, Business Support in 2022, a role she held until her new appointment
She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Mathematics and Statistics from the University of Lagos and a Master of Business Administration Degree from Cranfield University UK in 2002, the statement said, adding that she is also a member of the Chartered Institute of Management UK and the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management of Nigeria.
The appointment is subject to the approval of the Central Bank of Nigeria.
“The appointment of Ms Agbede is in alignment with our robust succession planning practices,” said Abubakar Jimoh, chairman of the company.
“We are strongly convinced that Ms. Agbede, being the company’s most senior executive, with exceptionally rich, professional and leadership experience and understanding of the Access culture, would provide the much-needed leadership to steer the company towards the attainment of its strategic vision of building a globally connected community and ecosystem, inspired by Africa for the world.”
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Published 2/13/2024 10:43:53 AM