That Access Bank Plc. has appointed Mr. Roosevelt Ogbonna as its Managing Director/CEO is an established fact.
The company disclosed this in a notification to the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) Limited on Monday, March 28th, 2022.
The company also stated that Mr. Bababode Osunkoya will be the Chairman while Mr. Herbert Wigwe will remain as the Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Access Holdings Plc.
However, bet, millions of Nigerians don’t know about the new Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the bank.
But, we can tell you for free that, Roosevelt Ogbonna FCA, CFA, prior to his new appointment was the Group Deputy Managing Director of Access Bank Plc.
Ogbonna was appointed Executive Director, Commercial Banking Division in 2013 and became Group Deputy Managing Director in 2017.
He has over 20 years’ experience in banking, cutting across Treasury, Commercial and Corporate Banking.
Ogbonna joined Access Bank in 2002 as a Manager from Guaranty Trust Bank Plc. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria and holds a second-class upper degree in Banking and Finance from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka.
He is also a Chartered Financial Analyst and has attended Executive Management Development Programmes in several leading institutions.
Ogbonna represents the Bank on the boards of Access Bank (Zambia) Ltd, Central Securities Clearing System Plc, Africa Finance Corporation and The Access Bank (UK) Limited.