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Mr. Wigwe started his professional career with Coopers & Lybrand Associates, an international firm of Chartered Accountants. He spent over 10 years at Guaranty Trust Bank Plc where he managed several portfolios, including financial institutions, large corporates and multinationals.
He left Guaranty Trust Bank as an Executive Director to co-lead the transformation of Access Bank Plc in March 2002 as Deputy Managing Director. He was appointed Group Managing Director/CEO effective January 1, 2014 and served in that capacity till May 2022. He was subsequently appointed a Non-Executive Director of the Bank effective May 2022.
Mr Wigwe is an alumnus of the Harvard Business School Executive Management Programme. He holds a master’s degree in Banking and International Finance from the University College of North Wales, a master’s degree in Financial Economics from the University of London and a B.Sc. degree in Accounting from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka.
He is also a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN). Mr Wigwe is the Chairman of The Access Bank (UK) Ltd and a Non-Executive Director of Nigerian Mortgage Refinance Company Plc; FMDQ OTC Securities Exchange; Shared Agents Network Expansion Facilities Ltd and Agri-Business/ SME Enterprises Investment Scheme. He is also a member of the Governing Council of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria.
Professional Experience | Academic and Professional Qualifications | Appointment Date | Board Committee Membership |
May 2022-Date Non-Executive Director, Access Bank Plc | June 2007
Fellow, The Institute of Credit Administration | Effective May 2022 | Member-Board Human Resources and Sustainability Committee |
January 2014-May 2022
Group Managing Director Access Bank Plc | |||
2008-Date
Chairman, Access Bank UK
| November 2004 Honorary Member of Chartered Institute of Bankers Nigeria | Member-Board Credit Committee | |
March 2002-December 2013
Group Deputy Managing Director, Access Bank Plc | May 2001
Fellow, Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (FCA) | Member-Board Risk Management Committee | |
December 1999-February 2002
Executive Director, GTB | September 1996
MSC Financial Economics, University of London | Member-Board Digital and Information Technology Committee | |
May 1999 – Dec., 1999
Group Head – Institutional Banking Group (Deputy General Manager), GTB | October 1, 1990 – Sept 1991
M.A. Banking and Finance, University College of North Wales | Member-Board Technical Committee on Retail Expansion | |
May 1996 – May 1998 Group Head: Energy Group (Assistant General Manager), GTB | October 1989
Associate of Chartered Institute of Accountants of Nigeria (ACA).
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November 1991 – May 1996 Corporate Bank (Deputy Manager -Manager) GTB | September 1983 – June 1987
B.Sc. Accountancy (2nd Class Upper Division)
University of Nigeria Nsukka, Enugu Campus | ||
Sept 1989 – Sept 1990
Credit Analyst, Kapital Merchant Bank, Lagos | |||
July 1988 – Sept 1989
Audit Trainee- Coopers and Lybrand – Chartered Accountants | |||
Sept 1987 – July 1988
Graduate Assistant, Coopers and Lybrand Associates Limited, Lagos |
