Ecobank Group has announced the appointment of Jubril Mobolaji Lawal to replace Patrick Akinwuntan as Regional Executive and Managing
Director.
The bank said the appointment takes effect from January 2022.
The tier-two bank disclosed this in two separate statements seen by THE WHISTLER on Monday.
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The Group said, “Ecobank Group, the leading pan-African banking group, announces the upcoming retirement of Patrick Akinwuntan, Regional Executive and Managing Director, Ecobank Nigeria. Patrick Akinwuntan will retire in January 2022, upon reaching the retirement age.
“Jubril Mobolaji Lawal has been appointed as Regional Executive and Managing
Director designate of Ecobank Nigeria, subject to the approval of the Central Bank of Nigeria.”
Akinwuntan started his career with the bank in1996 holding various senior and executive management positions in the over 25 years with the Ecobank Group.
Meanwhile, Lawal, the new MD will join Ecobank having been a versatile senior banking executive and digital transformation specialist for over 28 years with Guaranty Trust Bank Plc, the bank said.
It said, “He has deep involvement and experience in digital and retail banking, corporate and commercial banking, credit risk management and corporate finance.
“His previous experience includes being Executive Director at GTBank Plc Nigeria, and Non-Executive Director roles at both GTBank Ghana Limited and Nigeria Interbank Settlement Systems Plc.
“Mobolaji led the team that envisioned and implemented GTBank Plc’s retail and digital banking strategy to achieve industry-wide leadership over a ten-year period and he introduced new products and solutions that have helped to deepen payments and access to digital financial services in Nigeria.”