Access Holdings Plc Appoints Bolaji Agbede as Acting CEO

Following the death of the CEO of Access Holdings Plc, Dr Herbert Wigwe, the board of directors has appointed Ms Bolaji Agbede as the Company's acting Group chief executive officer. The announcement was released in a statement sent to LEADERSHIP. The appointment is subject to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) approval.

According to the statement, until her recent appointment, Agbede was the company's senior founding executive director in charge of Business Support.

She has nearly over 30 years of professional experience across banking and business consultancy services. Agbede began her professional career in 1992 at Guaranty Trust Bank where she served in various units within the Commercial Banking and Operations functions before she rose to the position of Manager in 2001.

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She served as the chief executive officer of JKG Limited, a business consulting outfit, in 2003.

Ms Agbede joined Access Bank in 2003 as an assistant general manager and managed the Bank's portfolio of chemical trading companies. She served as the Bank's head of group Human Resources between 2010 and 2022 and was appointed the Company's executive director of business Support in 2022. She has a track record in successfully integrating people in business combinations and culture transformation.

Access Holdings added that she holds a Bachelor's degree in Mathematics and Statistics from the University of Lagos (1990) and a Master of Business Administration Degree from Cranfield University UK in 2002. She is said to be a member of the Chartered Institute of Management UK and also a member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management of Nigeria.

She has attended various renowned leadership and professional development programmes, including the High-Performance Leadership Programme which was organised by the IMD and the Strategic Talent Management Programme in collaboration with the London Business School.

About Access Holdings

Access Holdings was established in 2022 and consists of the Access Bank Group, Access Pensions, a Payment and Switching Services Company, a Digital Lending Company, and an Insurance Brokerage Company.

Access transitioned into a holding company to drive rapid growth and become a full-scale ecosystem player, offering interconnected services across customer needs.