Squire Patton Boggs taps Nigeria’s Balogun as partner in London Africa Practice
Ben Eguzozie
November 29, 2021
Firm expanding its IDR practice Timi Balogun London-based Squire Patton Boggs is continuing the expansion of its international dispute resolution (IDR) practice with the addition of Timi Balogun, an Africa projects and disputes specialist, who joins the firm in London as a partner. Balogun has extensive experience in dispute resolution […]
Ude, NOVA MB chief, becomes CIBN Fellow
Businessam StaffNovember 9, 2021
Nath Ude, the chief executive officer of NOVA Merchant Bank, has been invested as a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN) following his election into the prestigious body of fellows of the institute. Ude’s formal inauguration and investiture took place recently at the Balmoral Convention Centre of the Federal Palace Hotel, […]
Emekewue, former Afreximbank communication chief, speaks at UNN Jacksonites’ PDS
Ben EguzozieOctober 21, 2021
Targets crisis management for communications, PR professionals In an age the global space is awash with information overload, where the littlest of events captured by an amateur can quickly go viral in few seconds after it is uploaded on the social media, professional public relations (PR) experts, press secretaries, business communication specialists, […]
US-based Fortive Corp appoints Nigerian born Soroye IOS president
Charles AbuedeJuly 28, 2021
Aims to accelerate strategy through both organic innovation and acquisitions Fortive Corporation, a Washington-based essential technologies provider, has appointed Olumide Soroye, of Nigerian origin, as president and chief executive officer, Intelligent Operating Solutions (IOS) segment, to further hold the firm’s leading positions in intelligent operating solutions, precision technologies, and advanced healthcare solutions across […]
Flutterwave appoints Falade to boost government, regulatory stronghold
Onome AmugeJuly 14, 2021
Flutterwave, Africa’s leading fintech company with an infrastructure reach in over 33 African countries, including Nigeria, Uganda, Kenya, South Africa and Ethiopia, has appointed Oluwabankole Falade as its chief regulatory and government relations officer. Falade’s appointment, according to Flutterwave, expresses the company’s enthusiasm for a more sustainable engagement with the government and is expected to […]
Rabiu, BUA chairman, becomes inaugural president, France-Nigeria Business Council
Onome AmugeJune 30, 2021
Emmanuel Macron, president of France, has inaugurated the France-Nigeria Business Council, a private sector initiative aimed at bolstering business relations between the two countries with Abdul Samad Rabiu, founder and executive chairman of BUA Group, assigned the role of its inaugural president. The recently initiated council also has high profile Nigerian business magnates, Gilbert Chagoury […]
Wigwe, Access Bank CEO, named African Banker 2021
Charles AbuedeJune 25, 2021
Ecobank, FBNQuest Merchant Bank winners too Nigerian banker and group chief executive officer of Access Bank, Herbert Wigwe, has been named African Banker of the Year at the 2021 African Banker awards. It was the second consecutive year the Access Bank CEO was winning the award, having been named winner in 2020. Wigwe […]
Segun Agbaje: Driving GTBank to N1.3trn profit growth in 10 years
Charles AbuedeApril 26, 2021
By Charles Abuede Deploys cutting-edge strategy, service excellence Balance sheet grew by 12% annually in the last 10yrs Total assets nears N5trn in 10 years It’s just like yesterday thatSegunAgbaje took over the mantle of leadership as the managing director of Guaranty Trust Bank in 2011 following the demise of TayoAderinokun, then managing […]
Calculated ambition, audacity, vision and purpose in pursuit of excellence
Phillip IsakpaApril 5, 2021
Business A.M. Publisher, Phillip Isakpa, summarises and comments on the memoir of Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede, Leaving the Tarmac: Buying a Bank in Africa, which had a global virtual launch on March 29, 2021. Published by RedDoor, United Kingdom, Isakpa’s reviews and comments on the 217 pages memoir provide a companion for readers of the work. […]
Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede, investor, banker, Tengen co-founder, publishes book on Access Bank, launch of family philanthropic foundation
Ben Eguzozie in Port HarcourtMarch 24, 2021
Ben Eguzozie, in Port Harcourt As co-founder of the Tengen Family Office, Aig-Imoukhuede today oversees a multibillion-dollar portfolio of investments and businesses in banking, finance, insurance, technology, real estate and energy. He is easily an investor and philanthropist with a track record of major accomplishments in both for-profit and not-for-profit initiatives within Nigeria and beyond. Aig-Imoukhuede, who says: “This […]