The United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA) has announced the appointments of Rokia Hacko, Chioma Mang, Chinedu Obeta, Bode Aregbesola, Kingsley Ulinfun and Usman Isiaka as chief executive officers of six of its 20 subsidiaries across Africa.
The appointments are however subject to regulatory approvals.
The bank said in a statement that the new chief executive officers will drive the group’s strategy and activities in Mali, Uganda, Zambia, Senegal, Tanzania and Sierra Leone respectively.
The bank also announced the appointments of Ms. Ogechi Altraide as the new head, retail banking and Amadao Konate, head, treasury and international payments for UBA America.
It explained that the international appointments complimented the prior appointments of Sola Yomi-Ajayi as the chief executive officer of UBA America, and Patrick Gutmann as the CEO of UBA UK.
Earlier this month, UBA had announced the appointment of Messrs Ayoku Liadi and Oliver Alawuba respectively, as deputy managing directors in charge of the Group’s Nigeria and Africa businesses, attesting to the importance of UBA’s African business and its strategic positioning as “Africa’s Global Bank”.
Commenting on the appointments, UBA Group chairman, Mr. Tony Elumelu, said: “The appointments further reflect the strong growth of the group’s pan-African businesses, currently responsible for over 40 per cent of total group revenue and the increasing importance of our international businesses in London, Paris and New York, offering superior treasury, trading and corporate banking solutions to clients globally. We are committed to catalysing growth on the African continent and the new chief executive officers are taking up roles at a very exciting period, as the Group executes its innovative digital play across the African continent.’’
Also announced were the appointments of three new country executive directors – Haoua Cisse as the executive director, wholesale, UBA Mali; Samba Fall as the executive director, wholesale, UBA Senegal and Julien Kouassi as executive director wholesale, UBA Côte D’Ivoire.
