Mr. Ogbonna has a very rich professional cum academic background. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (FCA), a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers (FCIB), a graduate of the Harvard Kennedy School of Government’s Senior Executive Fellow program, an alumnus of Harvard Business School General Management Program and a CFA charter holder.
He holds a Master’s degree in business administration from IMD Business School, Switzerland; a Master’s degree (LL.M) in International Corporate & Commercial Law from King’s College, London; an executive master’s degree in business administration from Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business; and a bachelor’s degree in Banking and Finance from University of Nigeria, Nsukka.
In 2015, he was selected as one of the Institute of International Finance (IIF) Future Global Leaders. He is a member of the Wall Street Journal CEO Council and was named 2024 African Banker of the Year during the fourth edition of the Africa Financial Summit (AFIS).
Mr. Ogbonna has attended Executive Management Development Programs on diverse areas of banking and management in world leading institutions. He has a robust corporate board experience and currently serves as a Non-Executive Director on the Boards of the following: The Access Bank UK Limited, Access Bank South Africa, FMDQ Group Plc, United Payment Services Limited, Africa Finance Corporation, and Shared Agent Network Expansion Facilities (SANEF) Creatives Limited.
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May 2022- Date Managing Director/CEO, Access Bank Plc |
2019 Chartered Financial Analyst |
Effective May 2022 |
Member-Board Technical Committee on Retail Expansion |
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2017 -May 2022
Group Deputy Managing Director, Access Bank Plc |
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2013-2017
Executive Director, Access Bank Plc |
2017 Masters in Business Administration (“MBA”) Institute of Management Development |
Member - Board Digital and Information Technology Committee |
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2010-2013
Divisional Director, Commercial Banking Access Bank Plc |
2017 Executive Masters in Business Administration (“EMBA”) Cheung Kung Graduate School of Business |
Member - Board Risk Management Committee |
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2005-2010
Group Head and Super Regional Head, Commercial Banking Division Access Banking Plc |
2015 Graduate Senior Executive Fellow (“SEF”) Program Harvard Kennedy School |
Member- Board Credit Committee
Member – Board Human Resources and Sustainability Committee
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2002-2004
Team Lead, Local Corporate, Corporate Banking Group, Access Bank Plc |
2011
Honorary Member, Chartered Institute of Bankers |
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1998-2002
Institutional Banking Group GTB |
2009
General Management Program (GMP), Harvard Business School |
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Investment Banking Group Lead Merchant Bank |
2003
Associate Chartered Accountant (ACA) |
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1991 – 1996
University of Nigeria, Nsukka B.Sc. (Hons) Banking & Finance Second Class (Honours) Upper Division |
