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Access Holdings Plc on Monday has named Ms. Bolaji Agbede as the Acting Group Chief Executive Officer for her three decades of professional experience in banking and business consultancy services.
This comes follows the death of its former Group Chief Executive Officer, Herbert Wigwe, who died in the US alongside his wife, son, and a former chairman of the Nigeria Exchange Group, Abimboloa Ogunbanjo on Friday.
A statement by the company’s Board of Directors dated February 12, 2024, noted that the appointment was subject to the approval of the Central Bank of Nigeria.
“Further to its announcement dated February 11, 2024, the Board of Directors of Access Holdings Plc (‘the Company’) has today announced the appointment of Ms. Bolaji Agbede as the Acting Group Chief Executive Officer of the Company following the unfortunate demise of its former Group Chief Executive Officer, Dr Herbert Wigwe, on February 9, 2024,” the statement partly read.
Bolaji Agbede’s journey began in 1992 at Guaranty Trust Bank where she steadily climbed the ranks to managerial positions by 2001 and eventually took on the role of Chief Executive Officer at JKG Limited, a business consulting firm, in 2003.
She joined Access Bank in 2003 as an Assistant General Manager and has nearly three decades of professional experience cutting across banking and business consultancy services.
She served in different roles at the bank including, Head, Group Human Resources between 2010 and 2022 before she was appointed Access Holdings Plc’s founding Executive Director, Business Support in 2022, a role she held until her new appointment.
She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Mathematics and Statistics from the University of Lagos and a Master of Business Administration Degree from Cranfield University UK in 2002.
She is also a member of the Chartered Institute of Management UK and the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management of Nigeria
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