Africa’s global bank, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc. now has a new boss, following the retirement of Mr. Kennedy Uzoka as the Group Managing Director/CEO.
The Bank on Monday, August 1st, 2022 announced the appointment of Mr. Oliver Alawuba as the new Group Managing Director to bring his wealth of experience to move the bank forward and fulfill the Group’s ambitions.
For those who don’t know, we can tell you for free that Oliver Alawuba has over twenty (20) years of work experience in the banking industry and the academia.
Alawuba joined UBA in 1997 and has held a series of senior positions, including as the CEO of UBA Ghana, the CEO of UBA, Africa and most recently, as Group Deputy Managing Director.
He was at various times an Executive Director at Finbank Nigeria Plc (now FCMB Plc), MD/CEO of UBA Ghana Ltd, MD/CEO of UBA West Africa, Directorate Head, Public Sector and Personal Banking and Regional CEO, UBA Africa – Anglophone.
Oliver Alawuba has B.Sc and M.Sc degrees in Food Science and Technology and MBA in Banking and Finance. He is an alumnus of the AMP and SEP programmes of the prestigious Insead Business School, France, and London Business School respectively.
He is also a Fellow of Nigerian Institute of Management and Honorary Senior Member of Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria.
