By our Reporter
Ecobank Group has appointed Jubril Mobolaji Lawal as the managing director designate of its Nigeria operations ahead of the retirement of the incumbent MD,Mr Akinwuntan in January 2022.
The bank also appointed Mr Lawal as its regional executive.
The appointment is subject to the approval of the Central Bank of Nigeria, it said in a statement Monday.
The appointment is made ahead of the upcoming retirement of Patrick Akinwuntan, the current MD. Mr Akinwuntan will retire after reaching retirement age in January 2022, the bank said.
“Mobolaji Lawal joins Ecobank having been a versatile senior banking executive and digital transformation specialist for over 28 years with Guaranty Trust Bank Plc. He has deep involvement and experience in digital and retail banking, corporate and commercial banking, credit risk management and corporate finance,” the statement said.
“His previous experience includes being Executive Director at GTBank Plc Nigeria, and Non-Executive Director roles at both GTBank Ghana Limited and Nigeria Interbank Settlement Systems Plc. Mobolaji led the team that envisioned and implemented GTBank Plc’s retail and digital banking strategy to achieve industry-wide leadership over a ten-year period and he introduced new products and solutions that have helped to deepen payments and access to digital financial services in Nigeria.”
The bank said Mr Mobolaji was selected and appointed as managing director designate following a keenly contested selection process, which included both internal and external candidates. He holds a Bachelor of Law degree from the Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria; B.L. from the Nigerian Law School and a Master of Business Administration from Oxford University, United Kingdom.
He has also attended several executive management and banking specific developmental programmes at leading educational institutions including Harvard Business School, Stanford Graduate School of Business and Institut Européen d’Administration des Affaires (INSEAD).