FirstBank Appoints 5 Management Executives

The Board of Directors of FirstBank of Nigeria Plc (FirstBank) has made five key strategic appointments to its business operations in a bid to deepen specialization and service delivery as well as strengthen its corporate governance culture.
An official statement signed by Mrs. Folake Ani-Mumuney, head, Marketing & Corporate Communications of the bank, said the new appointments, which fill vacant and new executive management roles, are made from experienced individuals within the organization.
The five officials includes Bayo Adelabu, chief Financial Officer (Formerly Financial Controller); Bayo Adeleke, head, Institutional Banking (continuing in his present capacity); Dauda Lawal, head, Public Sector North (formerly Business Development Manager, Maitama Abuja), Gbenga Shobo, head, Retail South (formerly head, Products and Channels) and Bernadine Okeke, head Private Banking (formerly Business Development manager, Lekki)
The appointees will be part of an enlarged management committee headed by Mr. Bisi Onasanya, the Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer.
Others in the committee includes Alex Otti, Executive Director Public Sector, South; Kehinde Lawanson, Executive Director Corporate Banking; Yerima Ngama, Executive Director Retail North (formerly Executive Director, Public Sector, North) and Remi Odunlami, Executive Director/Chief Risk Officer.
The appointments which take effect from October 1, 2010, according to the bank “are in tandem with the bank’s ongoing operations and service transformation to improve service quality and customer satisfaction”.