Group managing director/chief executive officer of Zenith Bank Plc Adaora Umeoji on Monday met with executive management team at the bank’s head office in Lagos.
The team comprises Henry Oroh, Adobi Nwapa, Akin Ogunranti, Lawani Adamu and Louis Odom and other members of senior management staff.
Umeoji assumed office as the first female group managing director and CEO of Zenith Bank Plc on June 1 after the expiration of Ebenezer Onyeagwu’s tenure.
Before she was appointed GMD/CEO, Umeoji was deputy managing director of the bank since October 28, 2016 and has close to 30 years of cognate banking experience of which 26 have been with Zenith Bank.
Umeoji is an alumnus of the prestigious Harvard Business School where she attended the Advanced Management Program (AMP) and an alumnus of Columbia Business School with a Certificate in the Global Banking Program.
She holds a bachelor’s degree in sociology from the University of Jos, a bachelor’s degree in accounting and a first-class honor in law from Baze University, Abuja. She holds a Master of Laws from the University of Salford, United Kingdom, a Master in Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Calabar, and also has a doctorate in business administration from Apollos University, USA.
She holds a certificate in economics for business from the prestigious MIT Sloan School of Management, USA, and has attended various management programmes in renowned Universities around the world including the strategic thinking and Management programme at Wharton Business School, USA. She also attended the executive program in Strategic Management and has a Certificate in Leading Global Business all from Harvard Business School, USA.
She is a fellow of notable professional bodies including the Chartered Banker Institute, UK, Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria, Nigerian Institute of Management, Institute of Credit Administration, Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Nigeria, Institute of Chartered Mediators and Conciliators, and the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators of Nigeria among others.
In 2022, the Federal Government of Nigeria honoured Umeoji with Officer of the Order of the Niger (OON) as a recognition of her contributions to nation-building. She is a Peace Advocate of the United Nations (UN-POLAC).
