The appointment of Ms. Bolaji Agbede as the acting Group Chief Executive Officer (CEO) was announced by Access Holdings Plc on Monday, 12th February 2024.
This comes after Dr. Herbert Wigwe, the organization’s previous Group Chief Executive Officer, passed away.
Wigwe, his wife, son, and Abimboloa Ogunbanjo, the former Chairman of the Nigeria Exchange Group, died in a helicopter crash on Friday, 9th February 2024.
The nomination was contingent upon the Central Bank of Nigeria’s approval, according to a February 12, 2024, statement from the company’s Board of Directors.
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The statement reads, “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 appointment is subject to the approval of the Central Bank of Nigeria.”
Agbede, an Assistant General at Access Bank since 2003, has almost thirty years of expertise in banking and business consultancy services.
She worked for the bank in a variety of capacities, including Head, Group Human Resources between 2010 to 2022. In 2022, she was named Executive Director of Business Support, the position she held until her new assignment.
She graduated from the University of Lagos with a Bachelor’s Degree in Mathematics and Statistics and from Cranfield University in the United Kingdom in 2002 with a Master’s Degree in Business Administration.
In addition, she is a member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management of Nigeria and the Chartered Institute of Management UK.
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