The
Board of Directors of foremost African financial institution; Guaranty Trust
Bank plc, has announced the appointment of Mobolaji Lawal as an Executive
Director of the Bank. Prior to his appointment, he was the Divisional Head,
Digital Banking Division.
Mr.
Lawal who joined the Bank in 1992 as an Executive Trainee and rose through the
ranks to become a General Manager, a position he held until his appointment as
Executive Director. He has over twenty-four (24) years’ of banking experience
which covers various aspects of banking including Credit Risk Management;
Corporate Banking Group; Commercial Banking Group; Investment Banking and Corporate Finance
where he served as Group Head. Under his leadership, the Group worked on
several landmark debt syndications, capital market and project finance
transactions both in Nigeria and abroad.
He
holds a Bachelor of Law degree from Obafemi Awolowo University (1990); B.L from
the Nigerian Law School (1991) and a Master of Business Administration from the
Oxford University, United Kingdom (2002). He has also attended several
executive management and banking specific developmental programs in leading
educational institutions such as Harvard Business School, Stanford Graduate
School of Business and Institut Européen d'Administration des Affaires
(INSEAD).
Announcing
the new appointment, the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Bank,
Mr. Segun Agbaje stated that: “As a Bank, we maintain high corporate governance
standards and ensure our Board appointments are in line with global best
practices”. He further stated, “Bolaji has been an integral part of the Bank’s
success and has seen the bank evolve and develop through the years. I am
confident that his appointment to the Board will further strengthen and
position the bank for improved performance“.
Guaranty
Trust Bank plc was established in 1990 and is regarded by Industry watchers as
the best run and most ethical financial institution within the Nigerian
Financial Services space, due to its bias for world-class corporate governance
standards, excellent service quality and innovation. The Bank is one of the few
Nigerian financial institutions to have a well-articulated succession plan and
this has enabled it seamlessly undertake two management and several board
changes since inception.
The
Bank operates from over 238 branches within the country and has banking
subsidiaries in Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, Cote D’Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Liberia,
Sierra Leone and the United Kingdom.
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