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Zenith Bank  Names Adaora Umeoji First Female Ceo From June

POSTED ON March 20, 2024 •   Business      BY Abiodun Saheed Omodara

Zenith Bank Plc has named Dr. Adaora Umeoji as its new Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer. 

Umeoji’s appointment will take effect from June 1, 2024, following the expiration of office of the current GMD, Dr. Ebenezer Onyeagwu, on May 31, 2024.

In a statement on Tuesday, signed by the company's Secretary, Michael Otu, which was filed with the Nigerian Exchange Limited(NGX), said that Dame (Dr) Adaora Umeoji will be the first female GMDCEO of the bank since it's inception of the bank. 

It said that her appointment is consistent with the bank’s executive transition tradition, succession plan, and strategy of grooming leaders from within. 

Umeoji’s Profile 

Before this appointment, Umeoji was the Deputy Managing Director of the bank since October 28, 2016, and with nearly 30 years of banking experience of which 26 years has been with Zenith Bank. 

She is an alumnus of Harvard Business School, where she attended the Advanced Management Programme. 

Umeoji is also an alumnus of Columbia Business School with a Certificate in the Global Banking Program.  

She holds a bachelor’s degree in Sociology from the University of Jos, a Bachelor’s degree in accounting, and a first-class honours degree in law from Baze University, Abuja. 

She holds a Master of Laws from the University of Salford, United Kingdom, a Master in Business Administration from the University of Calabar, and also has a doctorate in business administration from Apollos University, USA.  

Umeoji also holds a Certificate in Economics for Business from the prestigious MIT Sloan School of Management, USA, and has attended various management programmes in renowned Universities around the world including the strategic thinking and Management programme at Wharton Business School, USA.

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