BOARD OF DIRECTORS
 

CHIEF CHRISTOPHER EZEH – CHAIRMAN A fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN); Institute of Directors (IOD); Institute of Cost and Management Accountants (ICMA) and a member of the British Institute of Management. Chief Ezeh, who also holds a Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) Honoris Causa, from Enugu State University of Technology; started his working life with Chrysler (UK) Limited in 1968. From there he joined Shell BP, Zambia, before leaving for John Holt (Nig) Limited in 1976, becoming Group Managing Director (in 1986) and later, Chairman, a position he has held from 2001 to date. Chief Ezeh has also served as Chairman of Plateau Confectionery Limited and Lonrho Africa (Nigeria) Limited; Director of the Nigeria Economic Summit Group; NEPAD Business Group Nigeria and President, Nigeria – Japan Association. He is the current chairman of Fidelity Bank Plc

JOHN O. OBI - MANAGING DIRECTOR/CHIEF EXECUTIVE John Obi is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria [ICAN]; an Associate of the Certified Pension Institute of Nigeria [CPIN] and holds an MBA from Lagos State University. He started his banking career with Union Bank of Nigeria Plc in 1983 and moved on to Devcom Merchant Bank, MannyBank Plc and Fidelity Bank Plc. He has worked in various departments ranging from Treasury, Operations, Corporate Finance and Corporate Banking. He also attended relevant courses both locally and offshore. He is a Capital Market Operator and duly registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission [SEC].

REGINALD IHEJIAHI -DIRECTOR Reginald Ihejiahi holds a B.Sc. in Accounting from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, and M.Sc. Finance, from the London School of Economics & Political Science, University of London. He is a Fellow (FCCA) of the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants, UK. Reginald has been a Mobil Oil Undergraduate University Scholar and a Federal Government of Nigeria Post-graduate Scholar. He has varied working experience in different aspects of banking, from Commercial to Credit Risk, Operations and Information Technology. He rose to senior management positions at the International Merchant Bank Plc (the Nigerian office of the then First National Bank of Chicago) and was an Executive Director at the United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc before joining Fidelity as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer. He has attended various senior management and executive banking courses/seminars at the London Business School; INSEAD, France; Euro money Training, UK, amongst others. Reginald has also served on the boards of many financial services companies.

AKEMERE MICHAEL OSIME - DIRECTOR Mr. Osime is an authorized dealing clerk of the Nigerian Stock Exchange and a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers. Akemere Michael Osime is the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of ICMG Securities Ltd. He worked for four years at Chase Merchant Bank (later Continental Merchant Bank). He was seconded to Nigerian International Securities Limited (NISL) where he trained and qualified as a Stockbroker in 1985. He moved to Nigeria International Bank (NIB) from Chase in early 1985 to join its Corporate Finance team. He later headed its Financial Institutions Units. He left NIB in 1988 to set up ICMG. He is a Director in several companies.

MAJOR-GENERAL MOHAMMED MAGORO (RTD.) General Magoro is an alumnus of the United States Army War College and a member of the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs. He served the Nigerian Army in various capacities for over twenty-two years during which he held many key positions in the military hierarchy. He was Federal Commissioner of Transport (1976-1978), Minister of Internal Affairs (1984-1985) and Chairman National Maritime Authority (1987-1991). He is Chairman of the board of directors of Oando Nigeria Plc, a major petroleum marketing company.