Executive director of FirstBank Group Olusegun Alebiosu has been appointed its acting managing director with immediate effect.
The bank announced this in a statement on Sunday by its acting company secretary Adewale Arogundade.
The bank’s former managing director Adesola Adeduntan resigned effective from April 20 after nine years at the helm of affairs.
Arogundade said in the statement, “Following the resignation of the managing director/CEO of FirstBank, Dr. Adesola Adeduntan, the Board of Directors has appointed Olusegun Alebiosu as the acting CEO of the 130-year-old institution.
“The appointment takes effect immediately and is subject to the approval of the Central Bank of Nigeria.”
The release stated that Alebiosu was until this appointment the executive director, chief risk officer and executive compliance officer since January 2022. Prior to that, he was the group executive/chief risk officer, a position he held since 2016.
“Alebiosu brings to the executive management of FirstBank over 28 years’ experience in the banking and financial services industry with cross-functional exposure to Credit risk management, Financial planning and control, Credit and marketing, Trade, Corporate and commercial banking, Agriculture financing, Oil and Gas, Transportation (including Aviation and Shipping) and Project financing,” Arogundade said.
According to the statement, Alebiosu commenced his professional career in 1991 with Oceanic Bank Plc (now EcoBank) and prior to joining FirstBank in 2016 was chief risk officer at Coronation Merchant Bank Limited, chief credit risk officer at African Development Bank Group and group head, credit policy and deputy chief credit risk officer at United Bank for Africa Plc.
“He is an alumnus of Harvard School of Government and holds a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Relations and Personnel Management. He also obtained a Master’s degree in International Law and Diplomacy from the University of Lagos and holds a Master’s degree in Development Studies from the London School of Economics and Political Science.
“He is a member of various professional bodies namely, Fellow, Institute of Chartered Accountants (FCA), Associate, Nigeria Institute of Management (ANIM), Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN) and Member, Nigeria Institute of International Affairs,” the statement added.
