Aftermath the death of former Group Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Herbert Wigwe in a helicopter crash involving wife, son, and Abimbola Ogunbanjo last week in California, United States, access Bank Board of Directors has appointed Ms Bolaji Agbede as the acting group chief executive officer of the company, subject to the approval of the Central Bank of Nigeria.
According to the Group Company Secretary, Sunday Ekwochi, who said
until her recent appointment, Ms Agbede was the company’s most senior founding Executive Director in charge of business support.
Ms Agbede commenced her professional career in 1992 at Guaranty Trust Bank and served in various capacities within the commercial banking and operations functions rising to the position of manager in 2001 having joined Access Bank in 2003 as an assistant general manager and was responsible for managing the Bank’s portfolio of chemical trading companies.
She has three decades of professional experience across banking and business consultancy services.
She became the head of human resources for the Access Bank Group in 2010, overseeing the human capital development of the Group having held the position until June 2022 when she was appointed the executive director of Access Holdings after the bank transitioned to a holding company.
Her career began at Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB), where she rose from executive trainee in 1992 to a managerial position in 2001. She was once GTB’s relationship manager and vault custodian.
Subsequently, she served as the Chief Executive Officer of JKG Limited, a business consulting outfit, in 2003
