Guaranty Trust Bank (GTBank) Plc. has appointed Miriam Olusanya as its new Managing Director.
The Guaranty Trust Holding Company Plc. (GTCO) made the appointment on Wednesday, July 14th, 2021 after it unveiled its new brand identity on Tuesday, July 13th, 2021 to commemorate the listing of its shares on the Nigerian Exchange (NGX).
For those who don’t know, GTBank is the banking subsidiary of Guaranty Trust Holding Company Plc. (GTCO).
However, Erhi Obebeduo, the company’s secretary, announced the appointment of Miriam Olusanya in a statement on Wednesday.
It is interesting to know that Miriam Olusanya, prior to her appointment was an Executive Director at the bank. Olusanya, as it stands has emerged the bank’s first female Managing Director since its establishment in 1990.
Olusanya reportedly have over 23 years of banking experience across various units, including transaction services, asset and liability management, financial markets, corporate finance and investor relations.
She joined GTBank Plc. as an executive trainee and rose to the position of General Manager until she was appointed Executive Director in 2018.
In the same vein, the company announced a new board of GTCO directors and changes to the GTBank board. It states that all the appointments had been approved by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).
According to the statement; “GTCO’s board will comprise Sola Oyinlola as chairman of the board, Segun Agbaje as the group chief executive officer, Adebanji Adeniyi as executive director, Cathy Echeozo as a non-executive director, Suleiman Barau and Helen Bouygues as independent non-executive directors.”
“GTBank Board will comprise Mr Ibrahim Hassan as chairman of the Board, Mrs Miriam Olusanya as managing director, Mr Jide Okuntola as Deputy Managing Director, Mr Haruna Musa as Executive Director, Mr Olabode Agusto as Independent Non-Executive Director, Ms Imoni Akpofure and Mrs Victoria Adefala as Independent Non-Executive Directors.”
Meanwhile, the Group CEO of GTCO, Segun Agbaje, said; “We believe that a holding company structure will allow us to take advantage of new business opportunities in the emerging competitive landscape and strengthen our earnings base.”
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“We are very excited to get started on the next phase of our incredible journey to driving Africa’s growth by making end-to-end financial services easily accessible to every African and African business by leveraging technology and strategic partnerships.”
“As a bank, we were always looking to meet every customer need; with our corporate reorganisation, we will be able to do more to help our customers thrive in this new world of digital technologies and unprecedented possibilities.”
