Afrigather FBN Holdings, the guardian firm of Nigeria’s oldest financial institution, has confirmed the appointment of Olusegun Alebiosu because the Managing Director/Chief Govt Officer of First Financial institution two months after he was named in an performing capability, based on a Wednesday submitting to the board of the Nigerian Change.
The appointment is topic to the approval of the Central Financial institution of Nigeria.
The financial institution additionally appointed Ini Ebong because the deputy managing director and Omotunde Alao-Olalfa as a non-executive director.
In April, Alebiosu was named performing MD after the shock resignation of Adesola Adeduntan who led the lender for a report 9 years. The previous chief danger officer and government compliance officer will lead the 130-year-old monetary establishment’s efforts to raise ₦300 billion. Like different Tier-1 lenders, the financial institution—with a market capitalisation of ₦829 billion—will promote shares within the Nigerian or worldwide capital markets.
The brand new MD, who joined the Financial institution in 2016, has over three many years of banking expertise and beforehand held high positions at Coronation Service provider Financial institution, African Growth Financial institution Group, and United Financial institution for Africa.
Till his appointment, Ebong was the financial institution’s Govt Director, Treasury and Worldwide Banking, a place he held since January 2022. He holds over 20 years of expertise working throughout treasury merchandise, asset and legal responsibility administration, treasury gross sales and advertising and marketing, and treasury danger administration.
The financial institution’s new non-executive director, Alao-Olalfa holds intensive expertise in capital elevating, deal structuring, debt restructuring, acquisition planning, undertaking financing, and asset administration. He’s at the moment the Group Chief Monetary Officer/Technique & Principal Funding at Leadway Holdings.
