The Board of Directors of Access Holdings Plc has announced the appointment of Ms Bolaji Agbede as Acting Group Chief Executive Officer of the Company, following the unfortunate demise of its former Group CEO, Dr Herbert Wigwe on February 9, 2024.
The appointment is subject to the approval of the Central Bank of Nigeria.
Until her recent appointment, Ms Ms Bolaji Agbede was the Company’s most senior founding Executive Director in charge of Business Support.
She has nearly three decades of professional experience cutting across banking and business consulting services. Ms Agbede commenced her professional career in 1992 at Guaranty Trust Bank and served in various capacity within the Commercial Banking and Operation functions rising to the position of Manager in 2001. She subsequently served as Chief Executive Ofiicer of JKG Limited, a business consulting in 2003.
Ms. Agbede joined Access Bank in 2003 as an Assistant General Manager and was responsible for managing the Bank’s portfolio of chemical trading companies. She served as the Bank’s Head, Group Human Resources between 2010 and 2022 and was appointed the Company’s founding Executive Director, Business Support in 2022. She has a track record in successful people integration in business combination and culture transformation.
She holds Bachelor’s Degree in Mathematics and Statistics from the University of Lagos in 1990 and a Masters of Business Administration Degree from Cranfield University UK in 2002. She is a member of Chartered Institute of Management UK and the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management of Nigeria.